Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 2 | Skills develop and change to compensate partially for the changing capacities . |
| 3 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 4 | However , perhaps even more significantly , certainly for the junior players , is the opportunity they have earned to go forward for a personal screening at Bradnam 's unique Herts-based Dewhurst Tennis Academy , the operation which has firmly set about the task of uncovering a future British Wimbledon champion . |
| 5 | I 've forgotten my troubles ; now I want to climb just for the good performance itself . |
| 6 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 7 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 8 | And did the fourth consecutive Tory victory imply that Her Majesty 's loyal Opposition was destined to remain so for the foreseeable future ? |
| 9 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 10 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 11 | He did n't know if they would succeed , but it showed that , even here , there were people prepared to work together for the common good . |
| 12 | He never wrote entirely admiring reviews : ‘ It 's the essence of a book never to be perfect , ’ he said , ‘ so its writer must expect to come in for a little criticism . ’ |
| 13 | Customers will expect to pay more for a reputable brand , but they will also expect the price charged to be consistent with their perceptions of the product ; * the amount and style of advertising and sales promotion ( Promotion ) will influence the consumer 's perception of the product , which in turn must influence on-going company product and brand development activities ( Product ) . |
| 14 | One would generally expect to pay less for a private company than for a similar public company . |
| 15 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 16 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 17 | A good negotiator can make a customer feel satisfied after they have had to work hard for a small discount . |
| 18 | Two-way telemetry was used to compensate both for the atmospheric effects and for the first-order Doppler shift due to the relative velocity of the masers . |
| 19 | Jill returned in the spring of 1974 and was told to look around for a suitable site . |
| 20 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 21 | If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active . |
| 22 | My own plans are somewhat uncertain because of the move , but I do plan to get away for a short break some time towards the end of the month , and I will keep you informed . |
| 23 | The complexity was intended to last only for a transitional period . |
| 24 | You 'll probably find when you register you 're invited to go along for a new patient medical anyway , and all sorts of things like that . |
| 25 | The car , a Sierra , had been stolen on Thursday night from nearby Bilsdale Close and neighbouring forces have been alerted to look out for a stolen blue Ford Orion , registration number H814 FYM , which may also have been used in connection with the incident . |
| 26 | However , horns were generally seen as desirable , especially for harnessing plough oxen , and it was not until the eighteenth century that Scottish farmers began to breed selectively for the polled factor in order to make the cattle of Galloway easier to manage on the long droves to the London markets . |
| 27 | Striving to make up for the considerable loss of all-rounder Jonathan Barnes , who is now a County League professional , Darlington RA have signed Australian Troy Dixon as their professional . |
| 28 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 29 | you 'll have to go elsewhere for the actual paper . ) |
| 30 | Lovers of good beer — well deserved of course after a hard day 's exercise — wo n't have to go far for a fine pint . |