Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he took to do his business , the bank 's video cameras must have had me down as a fairly suspicious character and I was happy to stop fidgeting when he finally turned away from the cashier and headed for the door . |
| 2 | One of his villain mates , Morrie Dubedat , set up the deal and vouched for dad 's punt … |
| 3 | Immediately it sprouted numerous legs and scrabbled for a purchase . |
| 4 | Even a Marxist like Gramsci , who spoke of the ‘ consent ’ of the subordinate classes , saw consensus as false consciousness and hoped for revolutionary change . |
| 5 | Neighbours in Emlyn Road , Mayhill , Swansea , persuaded her to jump into their arms after she ran to a front bedroom and screamed for help . |
| 6 | One man , told by his doctor that he had cancer , retreated to his bedroom and wept for a week , refusing to eat and waiting to die . |
| 7 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 8 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 9 | Coun Wood said he was very upset by the theft and appealed for the return of the chains . |
| 10 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 11 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 12 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 13 | He opened his eyes and searched for a break in the streaming fog . |
| 14 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 15 | He closed his eyes and waited for the pupils to widen . |
| 16 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 17 | Again Hassan closed his eyes and waited for a second . |
| 18 | Fabia stirred , awakened in her hotel bedroom that Monday and , as memory awakened with her , she abruptly closed her lovely green eyes and wished for a moment that she were back in England . |
| 19 | Miss Stoner put her hand over her eyes and cried for a minute . |
| 20 | She closed her eyes and concentrated for a second , shaking the blues from her thoughts . |
| 21 | And when we were apart and my thoughts were about him , my body absorbed my mind 's obsession and throbbed for him . |
| 22 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 23 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 24 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 25 | I was going to open it myself but changed my mind and went for Colebrooke . ’ |
| 26 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 27 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 28 | When he drew he put aside all other considerations and reached for the truth . |
| 29 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 30 | Iris picked up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom . |