Example sentences of "we [vb past] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 2 | Before she reached the precincts of Iona she made the round of the Sound of Mull , called at Tobermory , where she was unnecessarily detained by some shippers not having a lot of sheep waiting ; she sailed up Loch Sunart , got on board part of a flock of sheep at Salen Pier , landed them at Croag in Mull ; and now we made for the Isle of Coll , — the ‘ Sandy Coll ’ Sir Walter speaks of . |
| 3 | I clapped Jamie on the shoulder a couple of times and we made for the street . |
| 4 | all that 's been disclosed is one as far as I know , erm your Lordship can see that I at some stage need to have a look at them , er before I complete in any way so I can cross examine Mr er my Lord may I just say this , on the seventeenth of November , that 's two days ago , we asked for the documents of the necessary twelve M P's two days ago |
| 5 | The reason we asked for the figures is to get a ball park idea . |
| 6 | We were young , we lived for the moment . |
| 7 | And others , there 's money here which we got for the admin course which which can spend . |
| 8 | These ideas were confirmed by a special Gallup Opinion Poll we commissioned for the review . |
| 9 | ‘ We planned for the company to grow fast . |
| 10 | Naturally Terry had hard-line views on all this , and as we changed for the show on that charged night he proclaimed them to the entire cast , as if he were addressing a meeting . |
| 11 | Oh I know what we used for the board . |
| 12 | Surkov and Rozanov , escaping from admirers , joined me and we headed for the exit . |
| 13 | We headed for the north Norfolk coast , careering through the bright afternoon until Edward parked by a staithe where a creek coiled across a salt marsh , and we all piled out . |
| 14 | We headed for the hills , northwards — and what a difference a mile makes . |
| 15 | By midday we were making giant strides , so we headed for the hills and learnt how to herringbone up them and swoosh down them . |
| 16 | We headed for the stairs . |
| 17 | I glanced at my watch as we headed for the stairs . |
| 18 | There were handshakes all round and the usual ‘ well playeds ’ , and we headed for the PGA hut where the scores are checked and handed in . |
| 19 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 20 | We stopped for the night a mile down the road just out of sight . |
| 21 | It led to an abandoned fishing hamlet called Hamningberg , where we camped for the night in a grassy field studded with interesting saxifrages and other flowers . |
| 22 | But as we prepared for the day in the early dawn , with the birds tuning up outside our African ‘ rondavel ’ hut , we both felt impelled to reach the tough core of the Right-wing settlers , Smith 's Rhodesia Front . |
| 23 | At Telford Fiona Baikie commented , ‘ We worked closely with our Field Officer while we prepared for the visit , and he helped college staff enormously . |
| 24 | ‘ After all , ’ he said , ‘ we came for the rainfall , which can hardly be a prime attraction on holiday . ’ |
| 25 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 26 | We met a group of walkers at the top , who cheered as we raced for the cross . |
| 27 | I immediately gestured to the Hurricanes to carry on to Malta by themselves as we were ditching and we turned for the coast ourselves , losing height all the way . |
| 28 | We paid for the holiday with just with change out of our pocket |
| 29 | But the money with which we paid for the house — and with which she bought her nylons and expensive corsets — came from scrap metal : though her father never spoke to her again after she left her first husband , she was his only child and he died intestate . |
| 30 | the coach to the breeders ' evening that 's what I mentioned before , we paid for the refreshments and the rent show secretary has only claimed two pounds which is a scandal really she 's probably paid twenty out , twenty pounds |