Example sentences of "we [vb past] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | We asked for an extra day , and that was fine . |
| 2 | And we asked for an extra ten days . |
| 3 | We drove for an hour . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We walked for an hour without passing a single habitation . |
| 7 | From Santiago we flew for an hour to Vigo , which has a smaller airport but is a much larger town and is in fact Spain 's largest port . |
| 8 | We flew for an hour and in that time I completed a reel of film in my camera . |
| 9 | Whilst in the circuit we called for an ambulance on the Aldis lamp for the WT/Operator who had lost three fingers on one hand whilst " tinselling " . |
| 10 | We drifted for an hour while Bob and his men replaced some leading injector pipes until the sudden welcome roar of our trusty Paxmans sent us southward again , across St. Magnus Bay and outside Papa Stour , finally leaving the straggling tentacles of land and long voes of West Shetland to reach Scalloway as darkness fell . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ Originally we went for an American-style back-end load or exit charge which was tapered to reduce by a percentage point for each year an investment was held . |
| 12 | One day we went for an excursion with my godson George and his young parents , George clutching teddy , nearly as big as himself . |
| 13 | We went for an excursion to the Peloponnesian mainland opposite . |
| 14 | ‘ We went for an open systems solution because we wanted to build in flexibility for the future , ’ says ACCOUNTANCY 's Malcolm Cole . |
| 15 | Another time when I was walking with Tony we paused for an hour at Malham to break a long day 's walk from Langcliffe to Arncliffe by Malham and Yew Cogar Scar by the old monks ' road . |
| 16 | We waited for an hour and a quarter but then it got dark . |
| 17 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 18 | We relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea and Otley switched the magic box on to see what the world was up to . |
| 19 | We stayed for an hour and a half taking photographs and looking round before wading back for another hour with our ammo boxes again . |
| 20 | We sat for an hour wondering if any soup would be issued . |
| 21 | The ocean of bad weather racing in from the north west did little to cheer me , so we sat for an hour while I gathered strength . |
| 22 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |