Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we moved along I could n't help feeling apprehensive as I looked for newly disturbed ground that could contain a box mine , or glancing at the trees and hedges for signs of booby-traps . |
| 2 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 3 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 4 | Another three weeks passed as I waited for the reassuring ‘ chit ’ . |
| 5 | I felt frightened as I waited for the mysterious man . |
| 6 | I set traps for you , and you seemed to fall into them — that is , you reacted as I longed for you to react , but you were n't supposed to react at all because you were n't supposed to feel anything for me ! |
| 7 | The ward had been full , the nurses worked off their feet , but their care for me — and as far as I knew for the others — had been magnificent . |
| 8 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 9 | In March , I had a week of sustained psychological warfare with a heron : it would hunch on the garage roof as I left for work , and I could well imagine the thoughts of piscicide running through its reptilian brain . |
| 10 | Very much the same story as I conjectured for Nosema in the flour beetle and for the fluke in the snail . |
| 11 | As I reached for the fallen picture he said to me , ‘ That door 's gooin' ter fall off its 'inges one of these times . ’ |
| 12 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 13 | By 9.00 a badger was warily sniffing the air in front of me , as I struggled for breath in the shadows . |
| 14 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 15 | As I prayed for the peace of our souls and for forgiveness for both of us , I was startled to see the wick on his candle fall over and almost go out , while mine remained upright and brightly shining . |
| 16 | Oh , yes , you could , you certainly could , and as I said for long periods , parental an and offspring self interest will overlap . |
| 17 | Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected . |
| 18 | As I went for vigorous afternoon walks along the footpath by the half-frozen river or across the frosty fields and up the sheep-tracks on to the hills and the bare moors beyond . |
| 19 | Later came the acute attacks of asthma — and the need for Caroline to pummel me ( it 's hilarious only in retrospect ! ) as I fought for breath . |
| 20 | As I fought for bar space to order the drinks , I looked over my shoulder and caught her making hand signals to a bunch of her friends camped on the stairs leading up to the Ladies ' toilets . |
| 21 | Oh sure , I thought , as I queued for my ticket to London . |
| 22 | Some were obviously more interested in break-dancing than poster writing , as I witnessed for myself . |
| 23 | If she had felt as deeply for me as I felt for her there would n't be a need for all that . |
| 24 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 25 | Though the marker stone had been half out of water when I started to run , the whole barrage of banked stones , with the causeway atop , was suddenly aswirl and , as I raced for the crossing , the level seemed to rise a foot or more . |
| 26 | The instructor must have heard my screams as I felt myself being dragged out as I gasped for air . |
| 27 | When I stayed with my husband and children at the Holcombe Hotel in Oxfordshire on the Great Escapes scheme this summer I was told I would get free accommodation as long as I stayed for two nights and paid for dinner and breakfast at a cost of £33.20 each per day . |
| 28 | Marje adds : ‘ If you live a double life of lies and deception as I did for years and years , you need to speak about it eventually . |
| 29 | In order to believe in the Devil we must rid ourselves of unhelpful images of him ( though we do not need to wax philosophical about him as I did for the doubting lady ! ) . |
| 30 | Precisely why he had been sent to Tonga — what special knowledge or circumstance — was never explained and , sitting as I did for many an evening on the veranda of the magnificent old Residency , watching the fireflies and listening to the surf booming on the reef , I was not too sorely tempted to enquire . |