Example sentences of "and prayed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The heat , ’ she lied , and prayed for the band to start playing , which it promptly did , this time a waltz . |
| 2 | Lee hurriedly asked Conrad to pour some wine , and prayed for the evening . |
| 3 | They laid Victor on the floor of their shack and prayed for him , but Victor , realising that nothing could be done just gave up and refused to eat . |
| 4 | I went and sat in the churchyard and wept for Mrs Mitchell and Nelly and prayed for myself to be forgiven and for them to be looked after . |
| 5 | After the letter came she had hoped for a miracle and prayed for one , too , but Richie Daly 's visit had snuffed out that hope in one short sentence . |
| 6 | Then I remembered that , in the car was the last red rose from Bayeux — I placed it on the rough ground outside the house , and prayed for the family whose happy , safe home it had once been . |
| 7 | After the service , when everyone had gone to the reception at his father 's house , Duncan had returned to the fresh brown earth mound and prayed for his grandfather 's soul . |
| 8 | It was a room no-one ever came into , except the dead woman 's husband , who visited it religiously every Sunday morning before Mass , locking himself in for an hour , while , Ellie guessed , he dusted and tidied the shrine he had created , and prayed for the soul of the one departed . |
| 9 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 10 | On nights like this all Fontanellato was out , defying the curfew , and we all prayed that it would soon end and prayed for the people who lived there . |
| 11 | He said nothing and she went , with smooth , unflustered movements , to the couch and dropped on to the yielding cushions and prayed for Oliver to come and quickly . |
| 12 | He foresaw a war and prayed for the victory of his people . |
| 13 | The Dean , who thought he knew what was wrong with the Bishop , who pitied him and prayed for him daily as a man of his own kind , had absolutely no intention of enlightening Wheeler . |
| 14 | She sat with the blood thudding in her ears , just as it used to do when her mother began a tirade , and prayed for the impossible , for the carriage to be overturned , for it to be the wrong night , for her to develop a sudden and dangerous illness . |
| 15 | remembered and prayed for , |
| 16 | I learned that my parents had got to London and prayed for the day I 'd be able to see them . |
| 17 | They crossed themselves and prayed for him . |
| 18 | Desperately she reminded herself that she was Eddie 's sister and prayed for courage . |
| 19 | Gabriel watched him go , and prayed for the grass to roll over him and swallow him up , like the Red Sea engulfing the Egyptian charioteers as they chased the Children of Israel . |
| 20 | I crouched in that alleyway and prayed for Benjamin to come . |
| 21 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 22 | DEREK Cook watched Coleraine go down to their fifth consecutive defeat — and prayed for a reprieve from manager Billy Sinclair . |