Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | Even a Marxist like Gramsci , who spoke of the ‘ consent ’ of the subordinate classes , saw consensus as false consciousness and hoped for revolutionary change . |
| 4 | Neighbours in Emlyn Road , Mayhill , Swansea , persuaded her to jump into their arms after she ran to a front bedroom and screamed for help . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 8 | Coun Wood said he was very upset by the theft and appealed for the return of the chains . |
| 9 | And when we were apart and my thoughts were about him , my body absorbed my mind 's obsession and throbbed for him . |
| 10 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 11 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 12 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 13 | I was going to open it myself but changed my mind and went for Colebrooke . ’ |
| 14 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Catching sight of herself in a wall mirror , Loretta closed her mouth and waited for Bridget to go on . |
| 17 | She pulled on a plain black swimsuit and headed for the sea . |
| 18 | So Sara , troubled , sipped her tea and waited for Jenny . |
| 19 | Sitting at the table one evening next to Astrid 's mum , Peg , from Massachusetts , he opened up , as one sometimes can , to an interested stranger and spoke for hours about the old days and about his condition and his feelings . |
| 20 | I went to Argentina and sat in a cell and waited for the torturers to come in . |
| 21 | And , as he finished pouring their brandies , she walked ahead of him through the open doorway and stood for a moment before the huge window , listening to the music , gazing out to sea , aware of a sense of peace and deep contentment . |
| 22 | Edward drew rein and waited for him to catch up — their uncle having ridden back along the line to urge the stragglers to greater effort . |
| 23 | The young airman turned his uniform inside out as a disguise and walked for 3 weeks until he reached Belgium . |
| 24 | The young airman turned his uniform inside out as a disguise and walked for 3 weeks until he reached Belgium . |
| 25 | She said oh could have took it down the launderette and dried for you . |
| 26 | Expectation was boiling when we all climbed into Reg 's minibus and headed for Chamden on that balmy September Saturday . |
| 27 | ‘ When you saw the gun pointing at you , you realised the murderer 's intention and begged for mercy . |
| 28 | She expressed a warm opinion of the piece and asked for more of her work . |
| 29 | They climbed one wall to get away from the car and waited for their eyes and ears to tune themselves to the darkness . |
| 30 | I stopped the car and thought for a bit . |