Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their disillusion with the reformist nature of the Labour governments of the 1960s , and the excitement generated by the world-wide social unrest of 1968 , led them to look for the possibility of social change in local protest movements . |
| 2 | Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag . |
| 3 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 4 | The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet . |
| 5 | Friends invited him to apply for the Readership in Geometry at Gresham 's College , and a wealthy London merchant offered him £10,000 to take his daughter in marriage . |
| 6 | He had to report to the headmaster at four o'clock , and was taken there by force by Foggerty who caught him racing for the school gates when the bell went . |
| 7 | It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied . |
| 8 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 9 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 10 | Isay helped him dress for the banquet that evening , showing no resentment at having to double as valet as well as bodyguard . |
| 11 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 12 | I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride , and once she 'd stopped laughing about Simon she told me to head for the pub where I 'd dropped Clara . |
| 13 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 14 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 15 | He taught me to aim for the knees since any weapon firing on automatic would climb high and right , and thus the fall of shot could be evenly distributed across the stomach and torso , ending in the head . |
| 16 | He pretended to me that he was already booked in there , but he was n't — I heard him ask for the room afterwards . |
| 17 | When he first came into the Hampshire team , Greenidge 's natural inclination was to attack every ball , and it was Richards more than anyone who taught him restraint , taught him to wait for the bad ball . |
| 18 | When Moran pressed her to come for the Christmas dinner , she refused . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |
| 21 | An impressive feature of the early post-war Palace sides was the triumvirate of Alderson in goal , Little and Ernie Rhodes at full-back , and those who watched them play for the Palace will tell you of an understanding between them that bordered on the uncanny . |
| 22 | The last heard of Gert was in 1943 when he tried and failed to join the RA F. Bloomsbury House urged him to settle for the Pioneers . |
| 23 | I asked for one ticket and paid for it , then I watched him ask for the same and fish down inside his carrier bag and bring out a ten pound note . |
| 24 | Wexford watched him feel for the girl 's hand , but she was occupied with Mrs Hatton , dabbing at her face and smoothing her hair . |
| 25 | I was the one who recommended him to try for the job . |
| 26 | It made him long for the open fields of the island , again . |
| 27 | Old Black Hannah put in an appearance , and one or two other women from the village who remembered Martha as a child , and who , perhaps , shared her liking for the Old Faith ; but apart from them , it was just Mr Drew ( who galloped through the service as fast as he could ) , Jennifer and the two gravediggers , who came in after the blessing and carried the coffin out underhand , dumping it without much reverence into the mortice they had prepared for it . |
| 28 | But he so impressed bosses they asked him to apply for the more senior post of general marketing director . |
| 29 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 30 | The Pumas path to the final saw them account for the second Hallamshire squad represented at the weekend , thus ending any aspirations of Yorkshire success . |