Example sentences of "[adv] and [pers pn] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , there was n't much Maureen could do about this injury , but the wound did heal up nicely and she cared for the bird for over a year . |
| 2 | Our breaking-in weeks were nearly over and we waited for news of posting to Initial Training Wing . |
| 3 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
| 4 | Erm , I went on a diet last year , to one of these clubs and , within record time got to the weight I was supposed to be , calorie counting and then I had to come off and I found for weeks after feelings of terrible guilt if I ate |
| 5 | and she was arched over like this , yeah , and they were getting off and she went for his belt yeah and she was gon na undo his belt and Jules went Laura Laura not now , you know , just do n't undo my belt . |
| 6 | Anyway , I was congratulated once more and I realised for the first time that I was actually doing some good . |
| 7 | I gathered up all my courage and went home and we went for a walk and I just told him . |
| 8 | Panels lit up and he reached for a number of X-ray plates which he attached to the luminescent plastic . |
| 9 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 10 | The crowd opened up and he headed for the gate . |
| 11 | The following morning , the scout picked me up and I went for a trial . |
| 12 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 13 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 14 | His R/T went u/s as they were taxying out and he called for control to stop " Jock " Calder ( his Deputy ) and tell him to get out of his aircraft and hand it over to Johnny 's crew , " Jock " overheard this plea , switched off his R/T , took-off and led the sortie , but was never forgiven . |
| 15 | It was night now and I turned for home , an awestruck child again , but joyful in the new world of understanding that had supplanted the dark , African fears . |
| 16 | But it was a Vauxhall Astra van but I mean it was E reg and it was three years ago and it went for two thousand quid ! |
| 17 | His food came — they do n't mess about here and he reached for the salt . |
| 18 | We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her . |
| 19 | Her heart began to beat a little quicker and she waited for him to go on . |
| 20 | Dieter guided her to an empty chair ; she was trembling violently and he called for brandy . |