Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [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 | Well as I stop by for training , look for something along our side if we choose is there ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 6 | You can now hire video cameras at Gatwick Airport as you check in for your flight . |
| 7 | He may deflate one of your tyres and attack as you crouch over it , or wait until you leave your car , and then pounce as you feel around for your house keys . |
| 8 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Taken from her monthly BBC Radio ‘ Woman 's Hour ’ series and culminating as she flies over for the opening night of ‘ 84 Charing Cross Road ’ . |
| 12 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 13 | ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’ |
| 14 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Paulus could sense it too as she moved in for the kill to claim a 2-6 , 6-4 , 6-3 victory . |
| 17 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 18 | and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool . |
| 19 | As we sat down for Cabinet I told Nigel that we must meet afterwards . |
| 20 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Our groundshare next season will show what the team is really made of as we run out for home games on the unfamiliar battlefield of St Dodimeads Comprehensive . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Had they not seen in the evening the clouds in the West with seas and lagoons , and in the night the lights of the canoes as they sail on for ever ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim . |
| 27 | His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill . |
| 28 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 29 | Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street . |
| 30 | Maggie was not cheerful as they set off for Granada . |