Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] 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 | Eventually Jim 's old caddie came out of the woodwork again and I carried on for one or two other pros . |
| 4 | The wife and daughter were usually silent , but Service and I made up for that . |
| 5 | I think the rain and I went on for about three hours . |
| 6 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Amy and I went out for the day . |
| 9 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | The next morning he had left us to rejoin his regiment , even before Granpa and I started out for the market . |
| 12 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 13 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 14 | School taught me how to read early , and I found out for myself how to do it fast . |
| 15 | ‘ And you came along for the ride ? ’ |
| 16 | There was no table set and she looked round for a sideboard that must house such things as cutlery . |
| 17 | They sat together and she reached out for his hand . |
| 18 | The blankets lay to one side of the fire and she reached out for them . |
| 19 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 20 | In spite of her bulk she moved swiftly to grab the instrument , and she stepped back for fear it should be taken from her again . |
| 21 | Panic gave her the strength to break free , and she struck out for the side of the pool . |
| 22 | And she soldiered on for another 15 years before she finally died . |
| 23 | ‘ She said , ‘ This is what love is for — I 'm coming over , ’ and she set off for Rocamar and arrived at breakfast next day . ’ |
| 24 | If he had his way , and we signed up for the social chapter , those extra costs would have to be met out of those pay packets and there 'd be even less for people to take in wages so the honourable gentleman should n't be complaining about low pay when he wants to add to the costs of employment along with the rest of his party . |
| 25 | I met a friend at the college library and we went out for a coffee . |
| 26 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 27 | ‘ We were staying in a hotel in Maidstone and we went back for a meal , then later , about tennish , we sneaked back to see if there was anything going down . |
| 28 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 29 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 30 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |