Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 2 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 3 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
| 4 | Jahsaxa swept into the tasteful reception room she 'd been keeping Roirbak and Tammuz waiting in for over half an hour . |
| 5 | Yet I seemed to hear the distant cheers , as each Province selected its king and the champions of Ulster , Leinster , Connaught and Munster set out for Tara and the kingship trials . |
| 6 | Mario got the preferred equipment and Ronnie made up for it in sheer aggression . |
| 7 | That was the sort of thing I could imagine Denny and Kay going in for , at least in theory . |
| 8 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |
| 9 | Dexter watched the conversation between his boss and Russell rattle on for several minutes . |
| 10 | Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof . |
| 11 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 12 | Mum drove the car into the huge car park and Stuart looked out for a parking space . |
| 13 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
| 14 | Somerset openers Andy Hayhurst and Mark Lathwell began promisingly against the pacemen but Carrick came on for the last over before lunch and had Lathwell caught at slip off a cunningly flighted ball which turned . |
| 15 | Blackburn cracked under the pressure , as Kerslake and Jones lined up for shots and David Mitchell cleaned up . |
| 16 | BBC and Thames link up for repeats |
| 17 | Sid James , Joan Sims , Kenneth Connor , Charles Hawtrey , Jim Dale and Ken linking up for once with Sheila Hancock in this epic which seemed to satisfy everybody . |
| 18 | Cy left the cast and Michael came in for the last two weeks of rehearsals . |
| 19 | Reagan lifted the pipeline sanctions and Britoil went up for sale and Lech Walesa was freed . |
| 20 | In April 1990 an all-out battle between Bègles and Montferrand raged on for a while before the referee could stop the slaughter . |
| 21 | Alistair , Wendy and Anna come in for the worst of it . |
| 22 | Thatcher , Archer and Stallone lined up for BBC 's Wogan shows . |
| 23 | Charles and Di flew off for their third honeymoon this week . |
| 24 | Garcia and Potter came on for Leman and Halls in the 45th minute and Welch replaced Williams seven minutes later . |
| 25 | Garcia and Potter came on for Leman and Halls in the 45th minute and Welch replaced Williams seven minutes later . |
| 26 | The pal then puts his phone receiver to the radio and Mike listens in for the next 90 minutes — cost £6.75 . |
| 27 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 28 | Soon afterwards Chola and Mina set out for the hills to gather grass . |
| 29 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best . |
| 30 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best for overall satisfaction . |