Example sentences of "[noun] we [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 2 | Sometimes we come very close to the world outside , for example when we hear someone say the words we need for a piece of writing we 're involved in we commit it lovingly to memory so we can use it . |
| 3 | It was freezing — literally — so after a not-too-exhaustive search we settled for a place that was warm and , as it turned out , very good . |
| 4 | First , many aspects of every action we perform for a reason are not uniquely determined by reasons . |
| 5 | But seriously the work we do for the union is only one part of the equation . |
| 6 | But nobody is paying for the increasingly large amount of work we do for the childbearing and professional public at large . |
| 7 | erm The other parts of the job are that we do erm all of the fundamental and much of the applied research which the nation needs , we provide an increasing range of advanced courses in technology for people in industry , and continuing education generally , the number of mature students at all levels is rising , and there are a number of other service functions we do for the community as well as just teaching undergraduates . |
| 8 | Whilst in the circuit we called for an ambulance on the Aldis lamp for the WT/Operator who had lost three fingers on one hand whilst " tinselling " . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I was only thinking about all those prayers we say for the conversion of China . |
| 10 | If you wish to effect a placement in a residential or nursing home we hope for the time being it will help resolve your problem . |
| 11 | If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event . |
| 12 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 13 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 14 | Once behind the closed door of the dressing room we looked for a way out , but there was n't one . |
| 15 | From Santiago we flew for an hour to Vigo , which has a smaller airport but is a much larger town and is in fact Spain 's largest port . |
| 16 | One afternoon we went for a walk to a nearby village where we met an old man with a stick and a long grey moustache who invited us home for tea . |
| 17 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 18 | But we very much hope that the map will stay in Hereford and that we shall have the money we require for the Cathedral . |
| 19 | One day we went for a tour around the mill and the lasting memory that I have is the terrible clattering of the looms and the speed at which the never idle operators worked to ensure that their piece of material was faultless . |
| 20 | They were not very varied — ‘ Juliet in front of a shop … and here 's Juliet in this bar place … and this one 's of Juliet sitting on a rock … and here 's Juliet in a boat — that was the day we went for a boat trip … . ’ |
| 21 | After lunch one day we went for a walk in the nearby woods , my mother remaining at home with the two younger children and the rest of us accompanying my father and my aunt . |
| 22 | ‘ One day we went for a walk in woods to the north of London near Barnet , I think , I no longer recall the name , except that they were in those days very pretty and lonely woods for a place so near London . |
| 23 | One day we went for an excursion with my godson George and his young parents , George clutching teddy , nearly as big as himself . |
| 24 | Then we are to pray for the things we need for the doing of that holy will — food for the body and soul , forgiveness for the failures and sins of the past , and help to forgive others who sin against us , protection in temptation and deliverance from evil . |
| 25 | At night we listen for the sea freezing over . |
| 26 | Identifying trainees is all about finding out who needs to be trained and what they need to know and if you remember one of ject objectives we had for the course is , was to , so that by the end of the course you will actually develop a system by identifying the trainees because this is sort of hit or miss . |
| 27 | Before reaching the summit we stopped for a snack at Dock Tarn , sure one of the most underestimated spots in the Lakes . |
| 28 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 29 | There is the love we feel for a husband , wife or lover . |
| 30 | The reason we asked for the figures is to get a ball park idea . |