Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally I longed for human society and for exercise ( a good long tramp , for example ) , but no doubt Odilo had his reasons . |
| 2 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 3 | When the 3 weeks were up and the Scraggs returned , we looked for other accommodation and found a flat in Riccarton , close to Hagley Park and only a mile from the city centre , and we liked it so much we stayed for four weeks having intended two . |
| 4 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 5 | So he stood for ten minutes at the window watching soldiers tossing bundles of equipment into the gurg-ling FV 432s parked around the parade ground and feeling the deep contentment of seeing other people working very hard very early in the day . |
| 6 | Eventually she plumped for Persian help , but at a time ( 412 ) when her potential critics inside the league were less effective ( cp. p. 97 on Corinth ) . |
| 7 | A year later he worked for six months for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board in the Belfast area . |
| 8 | A year later he worked for six months in the Belfast area . |
| 9 | Now she asked for white wine in her charged voice . |
| 10 | Well then as the unit got bigger , as I said , the room at the offices in the Lock was n't big enough so we moved from there to Alma Green Infant School , that 's the school now they used for all kinds of social activities during the day and th on that side by the car park . |
| 11 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 12 | After coming here I worked for four months in a sweet factory in Stratford . |
| 13 | ‘ Following the elections there has been less high profile security presence in the area , ’ he said , adding that some time ago he asked for extra security measures for the town . |
| 14 | ‘ Last time I was here it rained for forty days . |
| 15 | At 6.40am he tried for another bearing , but their signal was now so weak , Darwin were unable to comply . |
| 16 | There I stayed for two days . |
| 17 | There I remained for five years , going on to Theology after History . |
| 18 | Then she added for good measure , ‘ I do n't know what you want to talk to me about , do I ? ’ |
| 19 | There she studied for several months at the Académie Carmen with James McNeill Whistler [ q.v. ] , |
| 20 | Hall offered her a job , and there she stayed for two years working sixty to seventy hours a week and still commuting back to Blackheath , except on press night , which would go on all night , once a fortnight . |
| 21 | Sometimes they went for two months without talking . |
| 22 | Then he drove for 45 minutes to a deserted spot and raped her before dumping his sobbing victim in the village of Cheriton , near Winchester , Hants — 10 miles from where he first struck . |
| 23 | To this Leonard went , and there he stayed for several months , playing his part in the Pullman household under the terse agreement : ‘ If you stay , you 'll pull your weight , like the rest of us ’ ; ensconced in a lively family atmosphere for the first time in years . |
| 24 | In 1869 they sent him to Peru to supervise running two of their steam ploughs , and there he remained for thirteen years , soon finding scope for his natural business acumen . |
| 25 | Previously he worked for nineteen years in Kirkcaldy as a Shift Manager . |
| 26 | I always get on very well with English prisoners of the R. A. F. I worked for some time at the prison camp where you 'll be going tomorrow , and there I made many good English friends , especially — . ’ |