Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 2 | I listened to 6 sports reports on Saturday and not one of them mentioned who scored for Leeds . |
| 3 | Indeed , the more he thought about it , the less appetite he found he had for it . |
| 4 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 5 | She waited ; it seemed she waited for an eternity . |
| 6 | They really believed he cared for them . |
| 7 | Thomas was already in the grip of a disorder not at all native to him , and now he suddenly confounded everything he believed he felt for Simon by remembering with hatred one of his adopted son 's practical jokes . |
| 8 | It was one of those pictures that went totally against the grain of everything that the movie industry believed it stood for . |
| 9 | Before Hilda he 'd never been the kind who liked to have certainty , but after she came he settled for her way . |
| 10 | I forgot we sent for erm |
| 11 | In granting the county court order , Judge Geoffrey Vos said the families ' affidavits showed they feared for their children . |
| 12 | The man claimed he spoke for a large group of serving and former policemen who styled themselves ‘ the Inner Circle ’ . |
| 13 | In the silence that followed I reached for another scone . |
| 14 | In the silence that followed I waited for him to continue . |
| 15 | When I returned I listened for you . |
| 16 | With the re-establishment of stable kingship in Kent and among the West Saxons under Wihtred and Ine respectively and the confinement of Mercian power , a period of relatively peaceful consolidation followed which lasted for a quarter of a century during which time kings in southern England embarked on that redefinition of their realms which is embodied in the extant laws of Wihtred and Ine . |
| 17 | At the end of the week she discovered he worked for an average of 1 minute at a time . |
| 18 | The coroner heard it revealed for the first time — none of the family knew it — that Charlie had had a stroke a few months before , which explained the strange behaviour . |
| 19 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 20 | So as night fell I looked for information elsewhere . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I went for the Amazonian types , ’ he commented , ladling some of the food on to his plate warily . |
| 22 | I thought I had for a moment . ’ |
| 23 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 24 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 25 | Despite her criticism of their dancing they knew she cared for them and always stepped in in any family crisis : |
| 26 | ‘ I thought you booked for eight-thirty , John . ’ |
| 27 | She would get over whatever it was she thought she felt for him . |
| 28 | She knew they mated for life , and though she did not think much of married bliss , yet she approved of constancy . |
| 29 | It had not been posted from outside or even sent through the internal mail in one of the recycled envelopes Prince Charles insisted they used for the interminable memos that are a feature of Palace life . |
| 30 | A few years before he died he posed for this effigy , placing the completed picture in his room , adjacent to his bed , as a memento mori . |