Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 2 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 3 | With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education . |
| 4 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 5 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I realised for the first time that I have never been wanted : it really was such a revelation . |
| 7 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 8 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 9 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 10 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 11 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 12 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |
| 13 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 14 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 15 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 16 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 17 | Here is what she wrote : Beware the feline of the sea ; lest might happen to you what happened to me ; When once I booked for a short break stay , I found it impossible to get away — Seacat did not turn up to-day . |
| 18 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 19 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 20 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
| 21 | I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door . |
| 22 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 23 | Looking back , I noticed for the first time how wind-bent and close-cropped were the cypresses . |
| 24 | I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long . |
| 25 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 26 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 27 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 28 | I arrived for the American premiere and these ghosts made no sense at all . |
| 29 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 30 | Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’ |