Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All too often husbands actually prevented their wives from coming to the picket line and there were cases where parents-in-law forced women to go on working for the sort of reasons described in Chapter 6 . |
| 2 | Strangely , it was decided that a repeat investigation was not required and I was allowed to go on caring for the patient throughout her stay . |
| 3 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 4 | What is anatomical basis of this orientation selectivity ? ( personal communication ) suggests an answer which is reminiscent of that proposed by to account for the ability of octopuses to recognize spatial patterns . |
| 5 | After all , as Deborah Hutton , health editor of Vogue , put it : ‘ If you 're the sort of person who frowns , even if you do wear these things for an hour while you exercise , you 'll carry on frowning for the rest of the day after you 've taken them off . ’ |
| 6 | Willis and four men were whisked off to jail for the night and released on bail . |
| 7 | BURIAL costs in Middlesbrough are going up to pay for the installation of cameras in flats overlooking cemeteries . |
| 8 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 9 | Solution : Give up knitting for the moment . |
| 10 | They won 61% of the vote for Congress in March , but only 27% in December ( when far fewer people turned out to vote for the assembly ) . |
| 11 | If you just stand around waiting for the enemy to come to you then of course your ladz will get bored , and naturally they 'll start to get a bit fractious , then inevitably they 'll end up failing an Animosity test probably just when you do n't want them to . |
| 12 | I actually started with eng civil engineer , going round looking for the camp site and then we did tramp the hills . |
| 13 | Uncle Mick found it difficult getting down to kneel for the Consecration . |
| 14 | I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast . |
| 15 | Novell has no compelling reason ( nor should it have ) to keep on paying for the fuel that burns in the Unix flame . |
| 16 | A committee has now been set up to lobby for the restoration of the medieval paving and an invitation has been issued to the public to show its support by sponsoring a brick at L10,000 a time ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p. 13 ) . |
| 17 | The good news is that giving up smoking for the sake of the unborn baby is all that has to be done to bring an end to these needless deaths and halt the other harm suffered by these most defenceless of nonsmokers . |
| 18 | Now it will go on to compete for the title of best pig in Britain . |
| 19 | Your Committee will , of course , go on working for the continuation of the Line , but we need your help and your influence — GO BY TRAIN , TRAVEL ON THE HEART OF WALES LINE . |
| 20 | Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded . |
| 21 | We go on praying for the release of hostages and prisoners held without a cause ; and we pray for peace , and especially for the peace of Jerusalem . |
| 22 | The lifeboat then lay off waiting for the tug . |
| 23 | Petruchio 's servants , speaking prose among themselves , go up to verse for the entry of their master returning with his bride ( Taming of the Shrew , IV.i.120 ) , as do Valentine and Viola on the entry of their master , Orsino ( Twelfth Night , I.iv.9 ) . |
| 24 | No it 's normally from Saturday morning till Sunday morning I just think we 'll end up going for the day but he said , he 's got Gerry coming up from Hull to mind the shop on Saturday , he said oh you 're tired and you need a change and a rest he said something like erm |
| 25 | Users have to ensure that the software works for them and they do not end up working for the software . |
| 26 | Friday and I stayed to watch the prisoners , while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship . |
| 27 | The registration plates said it was only two years old but I stopped believing registration plates about two years before I gave up waiting for the tooth fairy . |
| 28 | Marketing chief Peter Sadler was unavailable to comment on the launch plans , but it is thought four agencies have been lined up to pitch for the business . |
| 29 | Jehan suddenly thought about the possibilities of ambush , and he wheeled around to look for the trooper who was riding escort on this side . |
| 30 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |