Example sentences of "we [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The bubbling song of whimbrel mingled with the excited yelping of breeding redshank could be heard whenever we stopped for a break . |
| 32 | We stopped for a while and , leaving Billy well secured outside with Pat , took our headlamps and torches and walked into the level . |
| 33 | Are n't we booked for a game of croquet ? |
| 34 | I hid her precious sleeping pills for two days till she signed the form , and we ate for a while . |
| 35 | On Tuesday we opted for a more strenuous hike from Braithwaite village up the steep sloped of Grisedale Pike . |
| 36 | After dinner , we had the choice of watching a cabaret show performed by the Sol entertainments team , but more often than not , we opted for a relaxing drink in the Tenerife bar . |
| 37 | spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . |
| 38 | We opted for a mixture , on that first night in pouring rain , of camping in the bush and building an enormous log fire in the Kerr Bay hut . |
| 39 | We opted for a more strenuous trip , packed out sunhats and set off . |
| 40 | After visiting several suppliers and looking at various packages , I found that Dixons offered the best value , availability and longevity , so we opted for a Packard Bell 486SX . |
| 41 | ‘ We drove for a long time . |
| 42 | We drove for an hour . |
| 43 | We rested for a while at Bleaberry Tarn which turned out to be a wise move . |
| 44 | And then we paid for a winter clean . |
| 45 | We climbed for an hour-and-a-half and I can tell you that going up a mountain on skins is not as easy as it looks . |
| 46 | We were in Hartlepool in the March of 1890 when Mr Frobisher , our then actor-manager , told us all as we assembled for a Monday morning rehearsal that he had secured the services of a great singer . |
| 47 | Remembering the close encounter near Maralal , we arranged for an armed park ranger to accompany us , so that we would also be protected in case of emergency . |
| 48 | We walked for a mile or so , easily outpacing the vehicle which was soon just a pair of yellow lights back down the valley . |
| 49 | We walked for an hour without passing a single habitation . |
| 50 | As you may know , our family lived in NZ from 1969 to 1978 and last year we returned for a 6-month tour , but I 've never been over the Haast Pass so that is a personal goal for me ! |
| 51 | Taking a break from country hideaways , we hunted for a retreat in central London for those of you staying over for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition treat ( see page 150 ) . |
| 52 | We worked for a wider Europe , international peace , development and disarmament . |
| 53 | But our rate was fixed , the girls 's rate We worked for a fixed rate . |
| 54 | We talked for a while about the hunt — she wanted to know how much meat we 'd eaten , what the men had talked about — and then she said she had to go and graze the cows . |
| 55 | We talked for a while in English , grateful for the ease of communication . |
| 56 | She laughed , and we talked for a few minutes longer . |
| 57 | We talked for a while , catching up on our movements since we 'd last been neighbours six months earlier , in November . |
| 58 | We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella . |
| 59 | ‘ And we talked for a while . ’ |
| 60 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |