Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 2 | The whole kaleidoscope is there in the memory : how proud we were of our daughter Sara 's acting ability , at junior school , at senior and at college ; and of our younger , very shy son , who managed a one-line walk-on part the last year in junior school , but wrote , acted in , sang in and played for a satirical revue at University . |
| 3 | After nearly perishing on the moors , she is taken in and cared for by the Reverend St John Rivers and his sisters Mary and Diana . |
| 4 | At the car , he reached to unlock her door , held it open for her , watched as she climbed in and reached for her strap . |
| 5 | She broke in and radioed for a doctor to certify death , asked other police to tell next of kin — and summoned a funeral director . |
| 6 | But if so , why had they not walked in and asked for it ? |
| 7 | The book should have been in Tollemarche 's only bookstore for several weeks ; however , when Hank casually sauntered in and asked for a copy , old Mr Pascall said it had not arrived . |
| 8 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 9 | And he knew that this was the keyhole for his wondrous delicate key , and with a little sigh he put it in and waited for what should ensue . |
| 10 | Councillor came to a meeting in and spoke for for th for twenty minutes or whatever it was . |
| 11 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 12 | Shrugging her superb shoulders , Comfort sat down and waited for his explanation . |
| 13 | Whole tribes of proud and even magnificent people have at times sat down and died for no other reason than that their ancient culture has been exposed , even briefly , to one that seems to belong to a superior order . |
| 14 | The Captain sat down and reached for the telephone . |
| 15 | With a smile he put the rifle down and reached for the next in the stack at his side . |
| 16 | ‘ In fact , I did n't even know McCallen had n't started for I just got my head down and went for it from the fall of the flag . |
| 17 | Creggan stooped down and hovered for a moment over the carrion . |
| 18 | When he found that it was locked , he understood what his grandsons had done , and he sat down and wept for their hardness of heart . |
| 19 | As soon as they had turned the corner , however , he put his paper down and headed for the row of pay phones that lined the wall . |
| 20 | They have missed it , they are n't on it , they decided not to come — ’ At the far end of the train a door swung open and a man climbed down and shouted for a porter . |
| 21 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 22 | They sat down and talked for a short time . |
| 23 | I broke down and cried for fifteen minutes . |
| 24 | The next time out with me he broke down and cried for Constance . |
| 25 | I slammed the receiver down and stood for a second , congratulating myself on how well I had done , all things considered . |
| 26 | He sat down and fumbled for a cigarette . |
| 27 | At a time when rock fans expected country folk to be psychotic rednecks ready to gun down anyone with hair over their ears — pace Easy Rider — Cash came along and fought for Indian rights , recorded with Bob Dylan , and received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan . |
| 28 | All mingled together and jostled for their drinks or huddled round tables over plates of food . |
| 29 | One night all these goods were secretly taken away and disappeared for good . |
| 30 | Then he turned away and reached for his pen . |