Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hand groped for the light in terror as I wondered what this object could be . |
| 2 | Suddenly her heart ached for the sight of her native country , for the sounds and scents and the voices of her own people . |
| 3 | Their friendship continued for the next few days . |
| 4 | Their heyday lasted for the first five years of the Eighties , when they scored the incredible total of 20 consecutive Top 20 hits . |
| 5 | erm And if you look at the second line , and begin three words in , it says ‘ the mistress , ’ the mistress is abbreviated , ‘ answers her man can not work , nor can she spare him till she be paid for what her husband did for the King 's soldiers ’ . |
| 6 | When they stood at the curb to cross the road her back ached for the support of his hand in its pit . |
| 7 | Her father reached for the tea pot . |
| 8 | She contends that the tenant ceased to be a statutory tenant for the purposes of the subsection when the possession order was made in the county court or , alternatively , when the possession order took effect or , alternatively , when her client applied for the warrant of execution . |
| 9 | Mrs Stevens got the blame for producing these but she claimed that she had merely kept him talking while her son went for the police . |
| 10 | On 27 September of the same year he published his first book , Galfredus Petrus , Opus sane de deorum dearumque gentilium genealogia ( STC 19816.5 ) , from his new premises near the conduit in Fleet Street , where his printing-house remained for the rest of his life . |
| 11 | Finn demanded , standing up as his superior headed for the door . |
| 12 | And there the momentum of his pursuit faltered for the first time . |
| 13 | She records that , when his Regt embarked for the Crimean campaign and fears were expressed for his safety , she took the hopeful view that ‘ so much prayer was made for him , we ought to believe that a special providence would be extended over him . |
| 14 | His voice trembled for the first time . |
| 15 | But its fame survived , and Solomon and his temple became for the Middle Ages symbols of divine kingship and royal ( and indeed heavenly ) opulence . |
| 16 | His hand reached for the knife on his belt . |
| 17 | Unconsciously his hand reached for the pocket of the greatcoat he was not wearing , where he kept his silver flask . |
| 18 | ‘ Now dear , ’ said Mum ‘ Your brother asked for the salt and I suggest that it might be polite if you were to do what he asked . ’ |