Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why else did you think I sent for you — to discuss the weather ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I slept for weeks — it was literally a nightmare and you do get it all out of proportion . |
| 3 | ‘ Why the hell else do you think I went for him ? |
| 4 | ello , yeah I just er wondering can I court I booked for Wednesday night please ? |
| 5 | The Seagate drives I used for this article required 2 jumper connections made on the master drive , and all the connectors removed from the slave drive … |
| 6 | I mean I asked for cream when I came here . |
| 7 | " I suppose she thinks I arranged for you to come here , " he said at last . |
| 8 | On landing I sought for the cottage occupied by the Duke of Hamilton 's piper , in which some friends had found most comfortable quarters the season before . |
| 9 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 10 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 11 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 12 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 13 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 14 | It 's not erm well where was the hot wax ? we just had an ordinary wash go and ask her , say you asked for how much did you pay ? |
| 15 | I listened to 6 sports reports on Saturday and not one of them mentioned who scored for Leeds . |
| 16 | ‘ If you knew all that , ’ Mitch said , ‘ how come you worked for him ? ’ |
| 17 | If you have say , some people who want something calendared for May , would you bother to actually go into your storage binder and actually mark it in there as well ? |
| 18 | People who do n't know we drove for miles in the rain so that it might reach them in time . ’ |
| 19 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |
| 20 | I did n't know he went for them that young ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I expect he went for a walk after . |
| 22 | Having had to resort to asking passers-by to pull it closed for me , I was worried that one day I would n't be able to get in . |
| 23 | Indeed , the more he thought about it , the less appetite he found he had for it . |
| 24 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 25 | To argue over the logic or truth of an idea in absolute terms is to explore the nature of belief itself , but for an historian of ideas what is most interesting is ‘ who held a particular belief at a particular time and what needs it fulfilled for them . |
| 26 | Home po 2 monitoring was undertaken in 134 patients ; in the 120 patients who have discontinued it lasted for a median duration of 5.5 months ( range 0.3–17.5 ) . |
| 27 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 28 | A pensioner who was raped as she returned home from church on Christmas Day says she feared for her life during her forty-five minute ordeal . |
| 29 | She waited ; it seemed she waited for an eternity . |
| 30 | As her door began to open she grabbed for the telephone , then dropped the receiver as Luke appeared . |