Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We clung together for warmth and vowed to love one another more than anyone else for all time . |
| 2 | The rest of the village was on stilts , a Southend pier of teak , and we stopped there for petrol and beer . |
| 3 | And as the dignitaries stiffly walked towards their jeeps and their ride home we prepared again for battle : to film , photograph , and record sound , while keeping up with the uproarious final procession to the cliffs . |
| 4 | When we came home for tea , Mummy would still be ironing . |
| 5 | We marched together to and from Aldermaston , we worked together for co-operative socialism , we campaigned together for health , welfare , employment , education and housing in our ‘ inner city ’ constituencies . |
| 6 | Kleenex was handed round so that we could dry our hands and we settled together for coffee . |
| 7 | Over the sandy soil we walked , past Scots pines black against the night sky , past silver birch , gorse and heather and all the while we listened intently for night sounds . |
| 8 | We went out to lunch to er Tesco 's we got to pick Christopher up from school and we went just for lunch time , that was quite nice |
| 9 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 10 | Bowls of pot pourri scented the air , and the high ceilings gave a feeling of space and light The en suite bathroom was white marble with a luxuriously deep bath and lots of goodies to pamper yourself and it was with great effort that we dressed again for dinner , leaving our soft bathrooms and preening behind . |
| 11 | So unless we can say , as we said above for knowledge , that you can not claim your belief is justified unless you can tell the difference between cases where such beliefs are true and cases where they are false , it will be impossible to conclude that your true belief here is unjustified . |