Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb past] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bubbling song of whimbrel mingled with the excited yelping of breeding redshank could be heard whenever we stopped for a break . |
| 2 | How I longed for a Smith & Wesson . |
| 3 | Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community |
| 4 | He saw the calculation at the back of Weis 's eyes that greeted his comment — saw how he looked for a trap in every word of his — and smiled inwardly . |
| 5 | It was when I went for a walk to our old camp . |
| 6 | In Los Angeles , where I lectured for a living , I pursued my fascination for the harmonic patterns and golden-mean ratios which run so consistently through the sacred art , music and architecture of both Western and oriental mystical traditions . |
| 7 | ‘ You have n't even asked me directly why I went for a walk with Flo this evening , for instance . |
| 8 | Farrelly met Sinead when she advertised for a band in an Irish music paper . |
| 9 | ‘ And that 's presumably when you went for a smoke on the roof ? ’ |
| 10 | It was the kind of place where you waited for a bus that never came . |
| 11 | She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris . |
| 12 | She 'd been with us for a year when we went for a day 's walk in the country . |
| 13 | The closest I ever got to you was when we went for a spin on your motor bike , with me like a ravished flapper on the pillion , legitimately clinging to your lissom waist , to those two wonderful hip-bones I loved to hold , as if they were the very hinges of heaven , whose wind blew your hair back into my ecstatic face : |
| 14 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 15 | George and Myra 's home is in Kilbarchan from where they left for a week 's honeymoon enjoying candle lit cruises and the splendours of Amsterdam . |
| 16 | Well he he 'd got a , and if I 'd got to do it you know , another day , his er perhaps start and er i , well you know when he came for a meal and saw all that ? |
| 17 | Sometimes , when he went for a walk , she followed him ; if he stopped to look at something she stopped too and when he walked fast , she walked fast to keep up with him . |
| 18 | But 10 years ago , Gerald Kingsland hit the headlines when he advertised for a woman to live with him on a desert island . |
| 19 | The court was told that Lord Apsley was arrested last November when he arrived for a function at Gloucester Barracks in South Cerney . |
| 20 | There came a day when he arrived for a lecture in army uniform and carrying a rifle . |
| 21 | He made these astonishing remarks when he called for a meeting with the Toronto Globe and Mail , much to the surprise of everyone . |
| 22 | He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment . |
| 23 | He was rushed to the intensive care unit at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool where he remained for a week before being transferred to a rehabilitation ward . |