Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [adj] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first-class debut was for the Minor Counties against Oxford University in 1939 , but it was not until 1947 that he first played for Surrey , as an aggressive fast-medium bowler , who also liked to give the ball a good whack when batting . |
| 2 | The coach arrived and we all ran for the back seat . |
| 3 | At Puente Ruinas she lost her glasses and we all searched for them as if she had been our lifelong friend . |
| 4 | About 20 miles out , on a deserted and very quiet country road , there was this mighty explosion and we all dived for cover . |
| 5 | But if we all murdered for little things like that … |
| 6 | All I know is that they all supported the poll tax and they all voted for the guillotines that carried through the poll tax legislation . |
| 7 | He turned inquiringly to the others and they all mumbled for a while . |
| 8 | Joey turned the van over to Seth , and they both drove for a while , until Seth motioned for Joey to pull over . |
| 9 | They all looked shattered after the shock and lack of sleep of the night before , but they all worked for him , recognising his need as only professional actors can . |
| 10 | Everyone but us seven voted for world peace . |
| 11 | Their past and present behaviour will clearly be relevant together with any change in their circumstances since they last cared for the child . |
| 12 | Now in his late 40s Mr Rees says he has seen many changes in attitude to transsexuals in the 20 years since he first asked for treatment . |
| 13 | THE greeting cards , gift wrap and stationery people T&A Thompson Cards have come a long way since it all began for them in a garage about 15 years ago — they have just opened a superb new outlet in the Ravenhill Business Park . |
| 14 | When I first applied for part time training in September 1984 I was interviewed within two weeks of the birth of my first child . |
| 15 | Ranteallo simply looked sheepish when we first asked for an explanation the following morning , and it was left to Werner Meyer to give us an explanation , when he finally arrived to join us . |
| 16 | When they first met for real the fierce , cold , autocratic , heroically self-made man 's beady eye and cockily addressed him as ‘ Washy ’ to his face , well , petrification set in , sometimes terminal . |
| 17 | And er if it suited then if you a young chap when they first started for a year or so you 'd be working with the cattle and himself , the boss , would be working the horse with a horseman . |
| 18 | I barged in when they both paused for breath . |
| 19 | They were a courageous couple and did their best to lighten the strained atmosphere as they all waited for the heart stimulant to work . |
| 20 | He had been frightened of her , when he first acted for Sleet . |
| 21 | Varese as well as Ives , and an Elliott Carter premiere — not much feminine sensibility there , though it all made for a classic Oliver Knussen pile-up of Americana , topped out with a violin concerto by Marc Neikrug that Pinchas Zukerman had brought to London for the first time . |