Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [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 | 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 … |
26 | Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round . |
27 | His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come . |
28 | But Maggie had a warm heart and she looked for the best in people . |
29 | In June 1813 she was back at Temple Place , and she arranged for the auctioning of the contents of her Bond Street house . |
30 | For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight . |