Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She likes to make sure everyone knows exactly where the pain is , how long it goes on for and whether it 's burning , stabbing , singeing or a combination of all three . |
| 2 | Conservative in , three times that for which we put on for and let me remind you again that out of that seventeen pounds , you put eleven on , not us , you put it on . |
| 3 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 4 | Why was she making excuses anyway ? she scoffed , as a flick of a glance to the small and feminine watch on her wrist showed she should leave her room to be ready to go down for when the taxi arrived . |
| 5 | Therefore a fall in µ ( increased polarization ) causes the WD curve to shift down for and to remain unaltered for . |
| 6 | They may think that they are realistically aware of what they are letting themselves in for and what they need to know about each other 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 7 | He knew what he had let himself in for and he was glad . |
| 8 | I thought my boyfriend would make sure that he knew what he was doing , " cos at that time I did n't know what I was letting myself in for and also because he was nineteen I said to myself that he was more responsible . |
| 9 | LIKELY — Chris Wheatley , Mark , Kevin , Chris , Richard and Keith wonder what they have let themselves in for and , below , they get to grips with crossing a very cold lake . |
| 10 | I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work . |
| 11 | So give us a call come on the line tell Chris and Kieran that it 's er the Superbike competition you 're coming in for and then say rider A Michael is from where , rider B Randy is from where and rider C is from there . |
| 12 | It , it 's a case of what she 's letting herself in for if we strike this out . |
| 13 | I 've put the belt in for when he 's bad and I 've sewn him in for the winter . |
| 14 | When I spoke to Weir , now a sprightly 83 , he still remembered what he was going to be in for when he set sail for a country which had legendary names like Hobbs , Sutcliffe , Woolley , Hendren and many others floating around the various counties . |
| 15 | Hutton took a drop in salary to join Durham , and he wondered what he had let himself in for when , after a battering from Franklyn Stephenson , he had to leave the field to be sick . |
| 16 | And the worst thing you can do is give your skin a short period of intensive exposure to sun — exactly what we go in for when we jet off on our summer holidays . |
| 17 | You never knew what you were in for when you got up in the morning . |
| 18 | For these reasons , it is useful to know what the words , phrases and constructions are which regularly conceal presuppositions , so that you know what you are letting yourself in for when you use them . |
| 19 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 20 | and er anyway our Dawn says I 'm not paying all that bloody money for babe to rip it off for when |
| 21 | I 'm off for cos I have got no work experience cos and she could n't get me work experience in June and now everybody else is in work experience I get the week off . |
| 22 | She was n't quite sure what he was summing her up for but he was certainly doing that . |
| 23 | I 'm saving a bit up for when your old man gets home . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course , I 'm really saving it up for when the hotpot comes out of the oven , but I just happened to cast my eye and yes , look … . ’ |
| 25 | I was never given the chance to write Stephen a letter explaining why I gave him up for when he is older or anything . |
| 26 | Well , let's hope this weather picks up for when Margaret gets here . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Average ’ will either buy Israeli Koi , or save up for or be given the occasional better Japanese fish . |
| 28 | Erm my father received the recorder and tapes and is enthusiastic about getting recordings for us , and that 's all set up for whilst he 's in Scotland next week . |
| 29 | ‘ We have achieved our two objectives — to encourage young chefs to look out for and use British ingredients in their recipes , and also to find a delicious selection of dishes to use in the British menu promotion later this year . ’ |
| 30 | There are three attributes that you should look out for and try to develop in your paragraphs . |