Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably , in those days , I was a bit of an ideological innocent — shamingly , I even singled out for praise the ostentatiously populist action of one member of the national executive . |
| 2 | I then went off for lunch which was soup and crayfish . |
| 3 | The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head/Isrotel/Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . |
| 4 | His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air . |
| 5 | They just went out for dinner , that sort of thing . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Eventually , I wrote a note and put it through the letter box saying we would love to buy the house if it ever came up for sale . ’ |
| 7 | While criticising the " too tenacious traditions of a unitarian state " , he also singled out for criticism individual regional leaders whom he accused of adopting laws at variance with those of the Russian Federation ( RF ) . |
| 8 | I would guess that he originally came over for morale of the troops . |
| 9 | A leader of the US socialist party , he twice ran unsuccessfully for President , in 1952 and 1956 . |