Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |
| 2 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 3 | But apparently no one else has looked for a phage that might produce such a toxin . |
| 4 | Thank You'-You are about to deflate the small plastic paddling pool in the garden in which no infant has paddled for a month until you realise that it is now full of strange vegetation and even stranger swimming insects and you decide to keep it as a nature reserve . |
| 5 | Sampson , like many others , had come looking for a kill before the numbers fell . |
| 6 | Kate obtains a copy of Sheila Kitzinger 's The New Good Birth Guide and Gordon Bourne 's Pregnancy and starts looking for a hospital that gets two stars and is nearby . |
| 7 | So they will need to look for a company that is reliable and responsible over a long term , and offers a variety of ancillary services . ’ |
| 8 | Those in working-class jobs and those with no jobs at all might be expected to opt for a party that offers some degree of social change and appears more empathic toward the " have-nots " than toward the " haves . " |
| 9 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 10 | You may recall that this committee has asked for a health and housing conference but we seem to get under it rather a lot of times , nothing it appears to be happening . |
| 11 | New boys were excused fagging for a fortnight until they had found their feet . |
| 12 | He would need to ring for a cab if he were to regain the Party conference in comfort . |
| 13 | Your speedo needs changing for a LWB or recalibrating by a specialist company . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's time you stopped waving for a minute and listened to me . |
| 15 | I want to push for a win if I can . ’ |
| 16 | And if she 's called round she goes looking for a cardigan or something on . |
| 17 | That has been the dilemma for Hong Kong — the necessity of staunching the flow — and they deserve understanding for a decision that carries all manner of risks for their own future as 1997 nears . |
| 18 | That has been the dilemma for Hong Kong — the necessity of staunching the flow — and they deserve understanding for a decision that carries all manner of risks for their own future as 1997 nears . |
| 19 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 20 | Mrs Parkin came to stay for a week and went after a day . |
| 21 | If you would like to attend for a day or a weekend , we would be delighted to welcome you , but do let us know in advance ! |
| 22 | This of course is the stuff of which martyrs are made , leading to sacrifice for a cause or causes in both religious and secular society . |
| 23 | I think we also need to recognise that there has also been a er , high level of er , commitment from er , officers employed by this council to achieving the changes that we have asked in terms of financial management , now I 'm not going to pretend for a moment that er , we 've gone all the way there yet . |
| 24 | You 've got to go for a ball that 's on the table . |
| 25 | Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’ |
| 26 | You 've all the enthusiasm needed to campaign for a cause or idea that 's near and dear to your heart . |
| 27 | You 're going to live for a wee while yet , going to live for a wee while yet . |
| 28 | You 're going to live for a wee while yet , going to live for a wee while yet . |
| 29 | William Rathbone [ q.v. ] had offered to pay for a matron and trained nurses for three years , as an experiment , to be supplied by the Nightingale Fund , and Florence Nightingale had nominated Agnes Jones . |
| 30 | Following this direct action , BP Coal flew in its executives to meet LAG , a meeting that LAG had been attempting to organize for a year and a half . |