Example sentences of "[verb] for [pron] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 2 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 3 | If the seller wants a margin , he must stipulate for it in the contractual description . |
| 4 | Members of the public took the opportunity to see for themselves in a unique open day . |
| 5 | I would like to thank you all at this time on behalf of the Association and the sport we represent for all your efforts you make for us in an unpaid capacity and time given voluntary to all . |
| 6 | The courses are designed for anyone in the voluntary sector who is unsure how the changes will affect them or who simply wants to be better informed . |
| 7 | When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman should ask Neath borough council why , when money has been available , it has not applied for anything in the past two years . |
| 9 | Evaluating the options will involve you in doing some of the calculations that you would normally expect to find done for you in a respectable feasibility study . |
| 10 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 11 | I realise now that we were trying to find an interest for ourselves and had done the classic thing of looking for it in a new environment which actually involved more adjustment and less ease than if we had stayed where we were . |
| 12 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
| 13 | The old man had a house built for him in a pretty little Warwickshire village a few miles from Stratford , with the Avon flowing through the garden . |
| 14 | Residential workers have the difficult task of finding a balance between guiding young people forward , perhaps before they are ready , and caring for them in a personal way which does not threaten loyalty to their parents . |
| 15 | Now we were using a rather old radio set at the time called a TR9 that was not one of the better things that our radio and radar boffins produced for us in the early days of RT air-to-ground and vice-versa . |
| 16 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 17 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 18 | When he arrived at work that morning the result of their labours was waiting for him in a blue folder . |
| 19 | Perhaps they will spawn for you in the new tank . |
| 20 | Saussure illustrates these principles with a diagram ( 1974 : l 12 ) , which may help to clarify his point : The two bands of wavy lines A and B stand for what in a pre-linguistic state would be two continua : respectively an ‘ indefinite plane of jumbled ideas ’ and ‘ the equally vague plane of sounds ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ With the Smart Rope , the condition of the rope being hired is visible and the hirer can sign for it in the full knowledge of its condition , ’ says Jim Oag . |
| 22 | Yes you normally pay for it in the following year . |
| 23 | Accepting that you will need to provide either training or re-training for your existing staff means that you will remember to budget for it in the overall cost of the system . |
| 24 | The 2/2 Independent Company could now fulfil this role because they had remained a cohesive force , not just as a result of their training and leadership but in no small measure because these were men used to living in dry country and capable of fending for themselves in the basic departments of survival . |
| 25 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 26 | She had the guts to decide what she wanted and went for it in an open , una-shamed way . |
| 27 | I go bananas I go spare I go for you in a big way I go for you with |
| 28 | It 's hardly surprising , I suppose , that the ladies go for us in a big way and come across so quickly , with our impassive oblong of a face , our clean and powerful hands . |
| 29 | Had the examiner wanted such a discussion he would have asked for it in a separate part of the question . |
| 30 | I could really go for him in a big way , but he 's going steady with the staff nurse on Rainbow . |