Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 2 | Not everyone wants to pay for the highest level of service available , so clients can select the level of service they require . |
| 3 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 4 | Above all I would like to thank the sector for your friendship and warm support , and I have every confidence that Sir Jeffrey , my successor , I assume that resolution two will go through unan , unanimously , will be car , will be able to carry forward with your warm support , the vision I tried to outline for the next year . |
| 5 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
| 6 | Heinzer , the Mister Nice of the Swiss Team , exploiting an avowed intent to turn Mister Ugly — ‘ I want to go for the big wins ’ — won the first race . |
| 7 | I do n't want a complacent little doll that I can manipulate , ’ he said strangely , ‘ I want to fight for every damned caress — and I think I 'm going insane . |
| 8 | I begin to appreciate for the first time , as I stand here on the outside looking in , how very reserved is the world in which we work . |
| 9 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 10 | ‘ I like to look for the distinctive features of a location , features that we can key into to get a synergy of strengths , ’ she says . |
| 11 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 12 | And as I started to go for the third man , I heard the sound of police whistles , and then two policemen arrived with the woman , and the third thug ran for it . |
| 13 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 14 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
| 15 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 16 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 17 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 18 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 20 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 21 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |
| 22 | I have to search for a two-way adaptor and a tape to try it out . |
| 23 | ‘ Christ , is n't it bad enough that I have to scrape for every bloody penny to do a piece of vital research , without being forced to turn my project into a circus for a lot of gawping idiots who wo n't have the least comprehension of what I 'm trying to do ? |
| 24 | ‘ But there comes a time when I have to reach for the sleeping tablets . |
| 25 | But if I have to qualify for the Open , I 'll qualify . |
| 26 | I wanted to weep for an enormous violent sensuality I would never know again . |
| 27 | All I wanted to do for the first few weeks was to let Skipper get to know me and his surroundings . |
| 28 | I found it so enjoyable that I wanted to register for the complete game . |
| 29 | Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ? |
| 30 | You therefore get an increasing tangle of bureaucratic instructions which seek to legislate for an endless series of unlikely events which have occurred at some time in the organization 's past . |