Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We clung together for warmth and vowed to love one another more than anyone else for all time . |
| 2 | An Italian , Gionesca , was absent from parade one morning as we lined up for inspection by the Sergeant-Major ; Corporal Herve , a scarred Frenchman who had taken over from Vigno as duty NCO , went upstairs to find him . |
| 3 | The rest of the village was on stilts , a Southend pier of teak , and we stopped there for petrol and beer . |
| 4 | And as the dignitaries stiffly walked towards their jeeps and their ride home we prepared again for battle : to film , photograph , and record sound , while keeping up with the uproarious final procession to the cliffs . |
| 5 | When we came home for tea , Mummy would still be ironing . |
| 6 | We marched together to and from Aldermaston , we worked together for co-operative socialism , we campaigned together for health , welfare , employment , education and housing in our ‘ inner city ’ constituencies . |
| 7 | ‘ We signed up for treatment with him when Aisling was about three and made ten trips to Geneva . |
| 8 | Kleenex was handed round so that we could dry our hands and we settled together for coffee . |
| 9 | Over the sandy soil we walked , past Scots pines black against the night sky , past silver birch , gorse and heather and all the while we listened intently for night sounds . |
| 10 | We went out to lunch to er Tesco 's we got to pick Christopher up from school and we went just for lunch time , that was quite nice |
| 11 | Obviously , at the moment we 're not publicly pointing the finger at your five chums , so we went in for blanket forensic tests on everyone and examination of everyone 's quarters . ’ |
| 12 | We went in for agitprop caricature and grotesque exaggeration . |
| 13 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 14 | We started with breadfruit soup which was so delicious we went back for seconds , followed by samples of jack fish , curried chicken , cod fish salad and whelks and dumplings with black eyed peas and rice . |
| 15 | and then at lunchtime er first day we went out for lunch somewhere but erm |
| 16 | We went out for Sunday lunch cos I do n't work Sundays any more . |
| 17 | We went out for dinner , |
| 18 | ‘ We went out for dinner and married six months later . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Anyway , ’ my girlfriend said , ‘ the first time we went out for dinner , you did n't pay for me . |
| 20 | We went out for dinner that evening and I asked Sheila why she 'd brought an egg poacher . |
| 21 | Er we went out for dinner actually with some |
| 22 | We did the shopping together ; we went out for walks if we felt like it . |
| 23 | We went out for supper in an Italian restaurant . |
| 24 | Bowls of pot pourri scented the air , and the high ceilings gave a feeling of space and light The en suite bathroom was white marble with a luxuriously deep bath and lots of goodies to pamper yourself and it was with great effort that we dressed again for dinner , leaving our soft bathrooms and preening behind . |
| 25 | To do this , we searched specifically for fish with the Skipper 603 echo sounder . |
| 26 | So unless we can say , as we said above for knowledge , that you can not claim your belief is justified unless you can tell the difference between cases where such beliefs are true and cases where they are false , it will be impossible to conclude that your true belief here is unjustified . |
| 27 | We struck out for Cambridge and although we made the odd wrong turn they were quickly rectified and with luck on our side we found the hotel . |
| 28 | As we sat down for Cabinet I told Nigel that we must meet afterwards . |