Example sentences of "[vb past] for something " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a function in Bucharest the British Ambassador asked for something from home . |
| 2 | I had a fair idea as to who had done it , and I passed on my suspicions about so-and-so and so-and-so , and asked for something to be done about it . |
| 3 | Yet , surprisingly , when we asked for something else they obliged with a number of better films . |
| 4 | You think that 's especially true and like say Aberdeen if you go in a shop there and and , at least it used to be the case , and asked for something you be thought you were speaking fine but they would just say , Oh my you down from Orkney for a holiday ? |
| 5 | And even if the Host is still able to hope that the Monk will show another side to his character as a tale-teller , the Monk will not , and retreats into a sort of sulky silence after being interrupted and asked for something less serious : The Monk as a character is explicitly and repeatedly compared and contrasted with the teller who succeeds him , the Nun 's Priest . |
| 6 | So what we 're , he 's gone in asked for something . |
| 7 | You asked for something rarer lasts a bit longer . |
| 8 | Desperately she sought for something to break the enchantment of his rhythmic strokes . |
| 9 | The vulgar , they explain , mistake what is really something judged for something we just see . |
| 10 | He yearned for something hard to hold , but there was nothing solid anywhere . |
| 11 | A rather awkward silence began to stretch between them and she strove for something pleasant to say . |
| 12 | Jumping up , she flung open her suitcase and rummaged for something to wear , standing up to step into brief white silk bikini-pants . |
| 13 | Half blinded by the foam , Christine scrambled for something to grab on to break her fall . |
| 14 | Parke thought the old version was ‘ a bit Seventies ’ , and went for something ‘ more authoritative ’ ( below ) . |
| 15 | Ever looked for something different to do ? |
| 16 | When choosing the frame for this design I looked for something that would show off the dark red colours of the flowers and also be fairly plain , so as to balance the rather busy design . |
| 17 | Sally and I looked for something local and intense , a compromise between a traverse of the Meije in the wake of great names , or a pass crossing in the wake of a continental alpine course . |
| 18 | Angie looked for something more or less neutral . |
| 19 | This Monday morning she was intending to register with a secretarial agency ; a temporary job would do while she looked for something more permanent . |
| 20 | I looked for something different . |
| 21 | Hectically she scrabbled for something constructive to say . |
| 22 | Bragg searched for something to provide a distraction . |
| 23 | I searched for something different to say and really put my foot in it : |
| 24 | Constance searched for something more to ask . |
| 25 | ‘ So you 've got some more hen-food then , ’ he said for something to say . |
| 26 | She longed for something to do other than trudge the glorious , heather-clad grouse moors . |
| 27 | We arrived at the hospital at 6.00 a.m. , me still leaking away and waited for something to happen . |
| 28 | But in retrospect thinking back I should just have and waited for something else come along . |
| 29 | Ellen waited for something to happen , something to change , but nothing happened , nothing changed . |
| 30 | A couple of summers back , a lot of new age disciples rushed off to remote mountain tops to await a momentous signal to occur They waited and waited for something exciting to happen . |