Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm actually going to go in for it in the Telegraph 's competition , so I may as well use the same team for our one if it gets going . |
| 2 | When you have finished , go back over the whole list and circle those four or five things that you would like to work on for yourself over the next week or so . |
| 3 | She felt herself to be of right there , to have a place upon its departure platforms , and the London train drew in for her with a particular significance . |
| 4 | Is not it true that some documents that the Public Accounts Committee receives are not published , such as the memorandum that the National Audit Office drew up for me on the accountability of United Nations agencies ? |
| 5 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 6 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |
| 7 | Matters can be most easily be sorted out for you on the spot whilst you are in resort , when your Representative , who is authorised to deal fully with any complaint , can see and understand the exact nature of any problems you have . |
| 8 | If the Danish Government was able to distribute 300,000 copies of the Maastricht text through newsagents and libraries , who has decided here , or in Brussels , that the British public should not be allowed to find out for themselves during the election what the small print of the treaty contains ? |
| 9 | You wo n't find the answer written down for you in the bowl of a compass — I can tell you that . |
| 10 | Well , they came round for her in a blue car … . ’ |
| 11 | He spends all day on the practice ground sometimes and this paid off for him at the German Open . |
| 12 | On this occasion I had neither heard nor seen the tigress , nor had I received any indication from bird or beast of her presence , and yet I knew , without any shadow of doubt , that she was lying up for me among the rocks . |
| 13 | This is what enables us in historical study to bridge the gulf between the present and the past , to enter into the experience and awareness which are opened up for us in the thoughts , beliefs , practices and social customs and institutions of other times and other cultures . |
| 14 | It 's alright , I 'll look out for you in the Pentam |
| 15 | Watch out for him in the second series of The Young Ones when it 's next repeated , making a brief guest appearance as an exploding peasant . |
| 16 | Watch out for it on the ski slopes — if red is the choice , at least you 'll see it coming ! |
| 17 | Responsible for giving trainer Grant Eden a broken heel after throwing him off on the gallops , Artistic Reef made up for it with a game neck victory over favourite Palacegate Episode . |
| 18 | Edith Wiens has a tight vibrato , not at all like the vibrato of French sopranos and which rather spoils her second soprano solo , but the others make up for it with the highly unusual duo for first soprano and bass , accompanied by harp and organ ( an arresting combination ) , or with the utterly ravishing trio for first soprano , tenor and bass , with its elaborate harp accompaniment . |
| 19 | Rebel Ruddock emerged as the players ' spokesman for Venables , speaking up for him in the High Court yesterday , having already slapped in a transfer request to Sugar . |
| 20 | ‘ I was shocked when Scot Gemmill was brought in for me at the start of last season because it came out of the blue . |
| 21 | Sergeant Kidd returned to his patrol car to answer the insistent calls coming through for him on the radio . |
| 22 | Out of her own clothing , into the clothing marked off for her on the design board , a quick check of hair and make-up , smile , toss back your shoulders , strut out from behind the curtain that separated the studio from the private showroom and stride the length of it to the platform and turn , step , step , turn . |
| 23 | The invasion of Panama , curiously summed up for her in the shape of Chinook helicopters , had served as a convenient diversion . |
| 24 | So w we 're not charging out for them at a high enough rate . |
| 25 | It told me things about life in the mills and factories I 'd never have found out for myself in a thousand years . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , I brought her the tray Mrs Porter had set out for her in the kitchen . |
| 27 | They were asked to talk to them and find out for themselves about the families who had been thrown into such torment ; they were asked to talk about the children and about their lives at home . |
| 28 | He spends all his pocket money on padlocks , and for a birthday treat for him today the red carpet was laid out for him at the Chubb Lock Factory in Wolverhampton . |
| 29 | And I was delighted to have the neighbourhood laid out for me in the way a child sees its domain , and to earn a little money and receive from Mme Bluot the excellent unsold cakes and breads she would otherwise have had Didier feed to the ducks . |
| 30 | Getting lazily to his feet , he went out , and returned a few minutes later to announce , ‘ There 's a snack being laid out for you in the dining-room . |