Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Generally , it is best to send out a strong opener , that is someone who can be relied upon to go all out for a victory .
2 Under the new captaincy of Ken Mentle , the club decided not to go all out for the title but simply to consolidate their Premier Division status .
3 It is commonplace for me to step outside the door in the morning intending to do one particular task , and then to come back in for a lunchtime bowl of soup having done three or four entirely different jobs of maintenance or repair .
4 He left half his breakfast and wandered aimlessly about for an hour or two , listening to the other residents telling one another how awful it was .
5 She had to sit down , she thought , looking dazedly around for a chair .
6 We all waited outside in St Martin 's Lane for 55 minutes , and to my surprise about 99 per cent of them came back in for the finish . ’
7 Bingham , in charge of his 116th international and scheduled to retire in December , said : ‘ I 'm going all out for a win .
8 Finding decent practice facilities was a constant headache , leading to some crazy situations ; in St Vincent , for example , Ken Barrington , the assistant manager , hunted all over for a place for Boycott to practise , and eventually found a piece of flat ground near the airport which had ducks waddling around and a donkey at long leg .
9 Then he walked heavily on for a pace or two until his tracks merged with the cart-way , then he turned back along the ruts to the stream and did the same thing again , more lightly this time .
10 This provides medical , laboratory , and nursing back up for the village outreach programme and deals with health problems of local townspeople .
11 He looked desperately around for a weapon , picked up a bowl of hot soup and threw it at Edgar , who started screaming .
12 She was in her office all Tuesday afternoon and went straight off for a couple of days on some residential course . ’
13 I woke as usual at half past six , and went straight out for a run in the park , like I do every morning , with LCpl Smith who has the bunk next to mine .
14 Placing her bag on the table , she halted beside him as she looked vaguely round for a mug .
15 Instead he went flat out for the green and hit a magificent draw , or even a hook , on to and over the green .
16 Come on in for a cup of tea … "
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