Example sentences of "[adv] run for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People were literally running for their lives but I was rooted to the spot . ’ |
| 2 | The resulting explosions and the unmistakable scramble of stunt men who are literally running for their lives adds a vital touch to the scene . |
| 3 | The point is summed up in one of Aesop 's fables : ‘ The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner . ’ |
| 4 | One reason for this is summarized in the Aesopian moral : The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life , while the fox is only running for his dinner . |
| 5 | He had a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field for him . |
| 6 | So the the Cooperative was basically run for the people . |
| 7 | A number of our highly successful programmes currently only run for twenty weeks a year , such as ‘ In Business ’ and ‘ Europhile ’ — and we will now expand their run for the entire year . |
| 8 | The Shareware version allows you to create programs and compile them , but the compiled version only runs for 24 hours . |
| 9 | Contracts would normally run for three years and applicants would be required to start as soon as possible . |
| 10 | willi , willing and a a kindly nature but we if it 's in the middle of a game you know , and er , you know how you are when you 're playing a game well they 'd fetch me away to run for some cheese for an old lady . |
| 11 | TULFARRIS : Consistent last season but this term has saved best running for the all weather tracks . |
| 12 | We 'll pick her up when she goes for lunch — and we 've got something to say , now , even if it 's just Run for the hills , lady . ’ |
| 13 | However , many thanks to my MP , Derek Foster , and all others who voted for a more civilised society and thanks on behalf of the unfortunate foxes , stags and hares , still running for their innocent , tormented lives and still relying on humanity to get moving . |
| 14 | A successful film usually ran for six weeks and there were three to five separate performances , six days a week to get through . |
| 15 | Although more women than ever ran for office , there was no net change in the level of female representation . |
| 16 | ZOLA BUDD , the barefoot waif who once ran for Britain , was a South African disaster in the 3000- metre heats . |
| 17 | They usually run for four to 12 weeks with one to six sessions a week . |
| 18 | A 22- meeting course on ‘ The Making of Modern England ’ was also run for Police Cadets in 1957–58 . |
| 19 | You know i it 's pick picked him up from being very much an also ran for whom there was virtually no no hope , er to leaving the school with a a really good qualification and a sense of pride and purpose |
| 20 | Michael broke away from a four-man leading group after three miles to win by 70 metres , while Christine , who also runs for Newton Aycliffe AC , had a full six minutes in hand on second-placed Darlington veteran Annette Smith . |
| 21 | The death penalty has featured in campaigns in Florida ; in Georgia , where Mr Andrew Young , the former mayor of Atlanta who is now running for governor , has said that capital punishment is sometimes necessary ; in Michigan , where the Republican Senate candidate , Mr Bill Schuette , has attacked Democratic Senator Carl Levin for opposing it ; in one of this week 's congressional by-elections in New York . |
| 22 | But he stressed afterwards he is now running for his own enjoyment . |
| 23 | With leases quite often running for terms of 25 years and with rent reviews multiplying " manageable " rents , an individual who is joined as a guarantor at the commencement of a lease could be made bankrupt several years after the original tenant has parted with the lease . |
| 24 | Which has now run for five years and could continue for another twelve to fifteen years , until he 's supplied the remaining six albums . |
| 25 | Lanier , 66 , was a wealthy white property developer who had never before run for public office . |
| 26 | These schemes , which originally ran for one year , have now been extended to two years . |
| 27 | They also knew they were not connected with the humanitarian assistance programme ( NHAO ) that was eventually run for the contras by the State Department , since those aircraft were ‘ beautiful brand-new L-100s , the most beautifully painted things ’ . |
| 28 | There was the master , a man of importance in the town that you 'd think would want a house properly run for himself . |
| 29 | Heavens , as a free woman , she might even run for president in 1992 . |
| 30 | no , I ca n't even run for a bus . |