Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 2 | I thought about telling him the arrangement Laura and I had for that night , then decided against it . |
| 3 | And erm then after erm I had done my training as nun , I did teacher training , and I taught for twenty years , before becoming a social worker . |
| 4 | Marius and I waited for twenty minutes and then walked into Mike 's room , only to find him snoring loudly , unconscious . |
| 5 | Arthur and I went for long walks — and that little village was the best place in the world . |
| 6 | Erm now councillor and I asked for this matter to be brought to this chamber because erm we felt that the matter w was important enough that all members of this council should have an opportunity to debate it . |
| 7 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 8 | I started to dig in one corner of it , and I dug for six months , winter months , erm and erm managed a shallow pool which erm was n't what I had envisaged at all , but erm two snipe lived there and liked it . |
| 9 | There was a working-class element , centred on the Shankill Road , West Belfast , which was suspicious of the élite nature of the Unionist Party 's leadership and which campaigned for higher wages , better housing conditions , and various welfare provisions . |
| 10 | I see and you arranged for more information to be passed on to Superintendent is that it ? |
| 11 | Anne had already trimmed down to a reasonable weight with the help of Weight Watchers , and she pleaded for new ideas to strengthen her resolve . |
| 12 | She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers . |
| 13 | She finished school last year , and she worked for six months in a hospital to get some money . |
| 14 | When I found it , there was an argument and we went for each other . ’ |
| 15 | " And we worked for many years before we collected a single cup of rubber , do you hear ? |
| 16 | I went down and the guy there started talking to me and we talked for five hours about life , about the reality of life , the reality of desires and goals and all that good stuff . |
| 17 | After dinner the etiquette was very stiff , and we stood for two hours . |
| 18 | She was a bit heavy-handed and we kangaroo-hopped for ten miles to a garage . |
| 19 | The result is an absence of diversity — a key requirement for a truly representative press and one suited for political democracy . |
| 20 | , and they came for eighteen months , two years , at the end of which the quality of the work had deteriorated , price was rocketing up |
| 21 | There was the afternoon when he drove out to the Crumbles and they slept for three hours , the wind pushing at the side of the car like a crowd . |
| 22 | He travelled widely in those days , often accompanied by his wife , and they lived for two years in the United States where he was responsible for ICI 's affairs in North and South America . |
| 23 | Peggy moved her head in a gesture that brought her mother 's and Henry 's full attention on her , and they waited for some seconds before Peggy , moving up the hall towards the drawing-room , explained , ‘ It 's … it 's his particular part of the day ; he … he likes to see to her himself . ’ |
| 24 | Their findings therefore seemed puzzling and they looked for possible explanations . |
| 25 | And they wandered for 40 years in the wilderness of indecision . |
| 26 | And he played for old Mrs Lark . |
| 27 | Inspector Graham Cox , of Sussex police , said the cause of the accident was still being investigated and he appealed for any witnesses to come forward . |
| 28 | It was a big place and he waited for twenty minutes while girls came and went . |
| 29 | Sir Rhodes urged Mr Patten to reduce poll tax levels in London by imposing a cap of £300 per adult , and he asked for special help for those people living in low rateable value homes built between 1860 and 1930 . |
| 30 | In another passage our final text reads ‘ His words were as if meant for himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |