Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I guess when I show up for the Majors I 'll be a little more popular . |
| 3 | I looked around for the changes that Leithen had mentioned . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're going to take him to Italy when I go over for the collections . |
| 5 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 6 | Cos how many things did I put in for the thingums in the draws in Asda . |
| 7 | About eighty villagers followed me inside , and waited expectantly … so I struck out for the hinterlands . |
| 8 | It was a little confusing to find ourselves setting off for the summits of the Viluyos barely an hour after the decision to do so . |
| 9 | ‘ And if you 're feeling tired , what about a dose or two of that tonic you make up for the patients ? ’ |
| 10 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 11 | You save up for the tokens to get what get y'know whatever it is you 're after . |
| 12 | ‘ But unless they get the crowds who turn out for the visits of Linfield and Portadown , every week , cash will always be in short supply . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know how much pressure we put on for the police to get off their butts and do something . |
| 14 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
| 15 | One particular incident which sticks in my mind which brought home to me how ill he was occurred when my mother sent me one morning to ask my father what he wanted for breakfast , to which he replied in a very vague and confused manner " hen mush " ( the term we gave to the vegetable matter we cooked up for the chickens ) . |
| 16 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 17 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 18 | Instead they look out for the loudmouths in jeans and trainers . |
| 19 | Side by side , a matching pair , both in their best clothes , they set off for the police station on Royal Hill . |
| 20 | They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there . |
| 21 | GARY ARMSTRONG will take another giant step towards reviving his Scotland career when he lines up for the Barbarians at Leicester on December 28 . |
| 22 | He looked around for the stables , but could see none . |
| 23 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 24 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |
| 25 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |
| 26 | As the sky lightened even more and they began to make out their surroundings more clearly , Fenella and Caspar both found themselves looking out for the signs that Floy had hoped to leave . |