Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cubes can be added to soups and sauces or thawed for use in puddings and cakes . |
| 2 | Immediately it sprouted numerous legs and scrabbled for a purchase . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 5 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 6 | He opened his eyes and searched for a break in the streaming fog . |
| 7 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 8 | He closed his eyes and waited for the pupils to widen . |
| 9 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 10 | Again Hassan closed his eyes and waited for a second . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Miss Stoner put her hand over her eyes and cried for a minute . |
| 13 | She closed her eyes and concentrated for a second , shaking the blues from her thoughts . |
| 14 | When he drew he put aside all other considerations and reached for the truth . |
| 15 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 16 | Iris picked up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom . |
| 17 | Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom , her mind retracing the events of the night . |
| 18 | They spouted the need for hard line , no compromise , battle tactics and urged for the medium of roack/pop music to be used for propaganda purposes . |
| 19 | You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face . |
| 20 | Schneider draped a sheet about his shoulders and reached for a pair of scissors . |
| 21 | Mainly , of course , he bought books and arranged for others to be copied , but whenever any of the magnates fell foul of him , he would confiscate his library . |
| 22 | As she dropped to the ground in a crouch , preparing to make another attempt at the obstacle , Frankie turned on his heels and raced for the house . |
| 23 | My hands left the gun hanging in mid-air above my knees and went for the catapult , which as always was hanging on my belt , the arm-rest stuck down between that and my cords . |
| 24 | ( Do you know , I was in the council chamber with Thomas Cromwell when , years later , the northern rebels sent their demands and asked for his removal . |
| 25 | Then quietly I walked down the steps and felt for a seat on one of the wooden forms ; after being hissed at by several people I found one empty , next to an old woman . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Noah Claypole , amazed by all that he had heard , crept up the steps and ran for Fagin 's house as fast as his legs could carry him . |
| 27 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 28 | Five years later , the plaintiff , having been informed that the painting was not a Constable , returned it to the defendants and asked for his money back . |
| 29 | Iris picked up the tray of coffee mugs and headed for the kitchen , then stopped short . |
| 30 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |