Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I waited for the evening to come , but the hours passed very slowly . |
| 2 | Then I waited for orders . |
| 3 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 4 | But then I asked for just one spell of six months as a locum in some exotic place . |
| 5 | Then I asked for half the fee in advance , and was given a wafer confirming the immediate transfer of the amount to my Fedbank . |
| 6 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 7 | Then I fell for Darren , my second son . |
| 8 | ‘ Then I act for you when you go , is that it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I said , ‘ I need something for myself and if I do n't get it then I worry for me and my marriage ’ . ’ |
| 10 | " If it is indeed lost at sea , then I fear for your future . |
| 11 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 12 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |
| 13 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 14 | ‘ Nothing ; I 've already said — I stopped by because Adam asked me to copy a disk for him , and then I looked for my calculator — I left it on the table the other day . ’ |
| 15 | He just ca n't put it forward , so you have to get a book and do it yourself , and then I ask for the syllabus so I can make sure |
| 16 | I listened at length to her story , then I talked for a moment about the unshakeable fact of the resurrection , about the city where God will wipe away every tear . |
| 17 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |
| 18 | " Then I begin for you . |
| 19 | Then I worked for Jimmy Young for quite a long time … he saved my bacon . |
| 20 | Then I worked for the BBC — my favourite charity , really . |
| 21 | I have no interest to declare in the construction industry , but during my first 10 years in that industry I worked for John Laing , then I worked for Wimpey for about eight years , and I was the head of the largest direct labour organisation in the country — the Greater London council — for nearly three years . |
| 22 | Then I worked for Edward Kennedy . |
| 23 | ‘ If you are daft enough to bring such a nice wee lassie like her , to a dangerous place such as this , then you ask for trouble . |
| 24 | Yeah , yo you get out a bank loan to do it , and then you ask for it , then you ask them for money for Christmas , to pay it back off ! |
| 25 | Erm and then you went for a whole month which was , you could do something in that time . |
| 26 | You pushed him in the chest with your hand and then you went for him trying to slash him . |
| 27 | Erm I think bro broadly , certainly by the time you 've got through to the later spring th th there is y yes I mean i in a sense there are sort of three areas if you like but , but very broadly the areas which had not been taken over yet i is very much a slower process of consolidation and then you wait for the next rule . |
| 28 | Er people did not , in fact , wish to pay taxes in order to allow erm their rulers to play the game of war and the limited sums of money available for these wars was soon expended so when your cash ran out , then you sued for peace you , you engaged in negotiations . |
| 29 | Sometimes I 'm rather greedy and I do eat more than I should , and then you pay for it in the end . |
| 30 | Rachel asked the switchboard to page Dr Markham in his meeting , then she sent for Greg and the factory ambulance . |