Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't let this frail old man go In there and maybe get knocked down and savaged , and I looked around for a means of protection . |
| 2 | We rode a little , walked , talked , played cards in the evening and I looked out for Poppy . |
| 3 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 4 | Eventually Jim 's old caddie came out of the woodwork again and I carried on for one or two other pros . |
| 5 | The wife and daughter were usually silent , but Service and I made up for that . |
| 6 | She went back into the house and I waited outside for a while enjoying the cool breeze . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you , Crilly , about my first trip to Scotland and the men in chip shops who call you ‘ Hen ’ and the lads wearing green Celtic scarves at lunchtime and broad pointy-horned cattle and graveyards macabre with the tilting of tombstones caked with moss and weeds , sheep grazing and weaving amongst them , and a coastal fishing town in Harris where a night sky shimmers only to itself and I am without friends from , the real world and I listen only for the sound of the tin whistle while the boats rock gently in the jetty and the sky rages from beige to black and craggy mountains dart until forever and a fisherman stands , stunning and alone , strong and unnamed , and leads me slowly into that everchanging sea . |
| 8 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 9 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 10 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 11 | I was only born there and I lived there for about six months and then got taken out . |
| 12 | My lover and I lived together for eight years and then when we got rid of the greengrocer 's shop , he ‘ went back to mother ’ . |
| 13 | I think the rain and I went on for about three hours . |
| 14 | Dr Tehyi Hsieh took five curtain calls after that lecture , and I went back-stage for an interview afterwards . |
| 15 | And I went right for the flag . |
| 16 | Yes , her and I went together for seventeen year , before us got married . ’ |
| 17 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 18 | Eventually the dinner broke up and Claud , Roger Hollis and I went off for a pub-crawl which after sundry indecorous adventures ended up at the Hypocrites where another blind was going on . |
| 19 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 20 | Amy and I went out for the day . |
| 21 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 22 | ‘ I had a cartilage operation three and a half years ago , and I went in for a tackle just before Christmas and damaged it again . |
| 23 | To get somewhere for my caddying I felt I had to travel , and I left home for my first tournament in 1951 at St Andrews for the Amateur Championship . |
| 24 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 25 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 26 | ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport . |
| 27 | The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock . |
| 28 | And I saw then for certain |
| 29 | From there he fly a Learjet , acting as pathfinder for the Skyhawks , and I believe once for the Super Etendards . |
| 30 | That summer the maternal grandmother 's gift of a Ramadan feast was brought without question to the family majlis , and the young Sheikh , his friends and I sat together for those last painful moments of the first day of Ramadan . |