Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 2 | I got an elbow in the face as I went up for a header and I remember putting my head down and running straight into Bull 's back . |
| 3 | While I 'm digging that garden she used to go out roll in the trench what I 'd dug and soon as I went in for a drink she was in there before me ! |
| 4 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 5 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 6 | As she warmed up for a short recital in the prison 's dining hall , Evelyn said : ‘ Music is incredible medicine for every human being in some sort of way or another . |
| 7 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 8 | ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’ |
| 9 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 10 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 11 | Paulus could sense it too as she moved in for the kill to claim a 2-6 , 6-4 , 6-3 victory . |
| 12 | " A fresh action started on the same grounds as one struck out for failure to obey an " " unless " " order may be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court " ( see Bailey v Bailey [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1129 at 1133 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 14 | As we sat down for Cabinet I told Nigel that we must meet afterwards . |
| 15 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 16 | An Italian , Gionesca , was absent from parade one morning as we lined up for inspection by the Sergeant-Major ; Corporal Herve , a scarred Frenchman who had taken over from Vigno as duty NCO , went upstairs to find him . |
| 17 | As we trooped in for the service , the sun caught it and , for a moment , I had a virion of what it must have really looked like , all those years ago , when they nailed poor old JC up before the people , one bright day in palestine . |
| 18 | It was breathed against her lips , as they came up for air , and the erotic fire scorching through her made her dizzy with illicit longing . |
| 19 | Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim . |
| 20 | His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill . |
| 21 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 22 | Library users lobbied councillors as they turned up for todays education committee meeting . |
| 23 | So popular was this concert that there was no admission charge , only a collection , as it went on for two evenings , but strangely enough , David did n't offer to take part , although George Underwood did and he had a very popular group called George and the Dragons at the time . |
| 24 | So while d'Abreu and his colleagues went off eastwards , even braver or more foolhardy men — following the banner of Castile — were determined to discover — heroically and , as it turned out for many of them , fatally — the way to reach this same Orient by travelling outwards to the West , across the vast unknown . |
| 25 | Widnes substitute Emosi Koloto scattered a couple of Northern defenders as he went over for a try in the 39th minute . |
| 26 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 27 | He carried the curved steel tray over to the cage and set it down just out of reach , leaving it in view as he went back for a chair . |
| 28 | Lara , sweeping frequently , made a bright 50 , then Richardson — booed loud and long as he came in for his supposed anti Jamaican selections and his team 's poor World Cup performances — made 30 of a stand of 106 with Simmons . |
| 29 | He felt much the same sensation now as he searched around for a fresh foothold . |
| 30 | When her breasts were free she teased him with the top half of her peach-coloured bikini , waving it over his head and snatching it out of reach as he stretched up for it . |