Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 2 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 3 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 4 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 5 | Professor Pearn and I had for the last ten years been interchangeably secretary and editor of the Burma Research Society , and when we discovered that the Society 's bank had been able to get our balance safely into India before the break-up , we conceived the plan of a series of Burma Pamphlets , describing various aspects of the national life . |
| 6 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 7 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 8 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 9 | Her crew danced to their tasks , and I understood for the first time the meaning of the Indonesian words for " crewman " — " anak prahu " , literally " child of the prahu " . |
| 10 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 11 | Girls , money , fast cars — it was the choice between that and working in a factory for the rest of your life , and I went for the girls — ‘ I 'll have the girls and all the money , please . ’ |
| 12 | At least , this is how Mary , Freda and I felt for the first few weeks . |
| 13 | Frances told me about their life in Cornwall and I felt for the first time in my life that I was among people of an older generation that I understood , real people . |
| 14 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 15 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 16 | and I competed for the Quain Essay prize — a sum of 50 — to be written on the survival of the medieval conception of tragedy in post-medieval literature . |
| 17 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 18 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 19 | and I worked for the council so he spoke to me one day and he said , Will you cut the roads with a tractor and a mower . |
| 20 | The contractions stopped and I wondered for the hundredth time what my son would look like . |
| 21 | And I learned to drive — mum and dad paid for my driving lessons and I paid for the driving test . |
| 22 | It was time to find Graham Fearnley and I headed for the champagne tent . |
| 23 | My immediate reaction was to reduce power and I grabbed for the throttles . |
| 24 | So I fell for it and I volunteered for the Guards , but after a week , they decided I , I 'd got flat feet which was n't very good for slamming your foot down as the guards demanded in those days . |
| 25 | She did have a job with the BBC and someone cared for the child in the day . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , George Albert Smith 's name stands as the inventor of a colour process which was viable , which was shown worldwide , and which presented for the first time on the screen a photographically produced colour picture . |
| 27 | He was one of the central figures in the Catholic Committee , a self-appointed body formed in 1778 , predominately lay in character and noble in membership , which saw itself as speaking for ‘ informed ’ Catholic opinion ( Petre always protected radicals among the clergy , such as Alexander Geddes , q.v. ) and which agitated for the freeing of the English Catholics from civil disabilities . |
| 28 | If you were working , though , the thing reversed itself : and you longed for the office lights to blink out , and the old Smith-Corona to die under your fingertips … |
| 29 | The former employee , who was the plaintiff and who sued for the payment to him of commission under the first part of the clause argued that the proviso could be severed and that therefore the obligation of the defendants to pay him such sums remained . |
| 30 | He miscalculated badly , forgetting the Tsar 's pride , which made him unyielding in his claim to be protector of the Greek Christians , and the reaction of the Sultan , who was weary of being pressured by the Powers and who feared for the security of his Empire . |