Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made for the sideboard again to hover . |
| 2 | I long for the day when those in authority will be united in a common quest to win the lost without worrying about the style of Anglican worship ; when they will see that a prime means to evangelise our nation will be to plant churches and encourage it without worrying about parochial boundaries . |
| 3 | Now , in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake , I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton 's letter . |
| 4 | I grabbed for the door-handle as much to steady myself as anything else . |
| 5 | Relieved to be out in the open again , I looked for the route up onto the giant hump of Rhossili Down above the village . |
| 6 | I think it 's er I think for the Summer not for the Winter . |
| 7 | I ran for the school up to and including the third year and then I stopped , though I ca n't remember why , although I was fourteen , which is , as most young men will tell you , a funny age . |
| 8 | The ruling Military Committee of National Salvation ( CMSN ) on July 25 adopted a law which allowed for the setting up of political parties , with the exception of specifically Islamic parties or parties based on race or region . |
| 9 | He adds : ‘ If you long for the day when Britain can claim to be the first mainly Afro-Asian part of Europe , vote Conservative or Europe . ’ |
| 10 | Are you looking for the interaction where you learn something about the culture from talking to the people or do you want minimal interaction where simply you visit a place , and you stay in your little bubble or ghetto with people of your own tour company , you do everything together and you never come into contact with local people . |
| 11 | She appealed for the Cabinet not to target her comparatively tiny budget of £4 billion . |
| 12 | When making an appointment the court must consider appointing the guardian who acted for the child previously ( FPCR , r10(8) ; FPR , r4.10(8) ) . |
| 13 | We came out with a record recently called ’ no matter who you vote for the Government always gets in ’ |
| 14 | you pay for the privilege then do n't you ? |
| 15 | She felt the distance from England far more acutely than her preoccupied spouse ; her thoughts were with the children , and , even at this early stage , she longed for the voyage home . |
| 16 | Now to put that into a phrase I found quite difficult to do er and but some people would n't question it but other people would say well what do you mean by that , what you know you plan for the future so that you can retire will be financially independent but it works and you your money work for you . |
| 17 | We can continue debating their demise , while we wait for the day when European taxpayers rather than farmers finally call the day on the common agricultural policy . |
| 18 | All this I learn from the bus driver who chats to me as we wait for the traffic ahead to move . |
| 19 | We consider for the moment only the case where His non-negative and D is positive , and assume they are of such a size that overflow does not occur ( see problem 2.4 ) . |
| 20 | Suppose that we begin with the competitive model of Lecture 6 , where the full employment equilibrium of the economy is determined ( we assume for the moment uniquely ) for given levels of capital and labour . |
| 21 | So the emphasis now is more on the people themselves , basically Neighbourhood Watch is your scheme , it 's not a police thing , we support it , we pay for the hall tonight , we pay for the signs for the street and we give you all the literature free , but it is your scheme and it 's how you want it to be . |
| 22 | I thought ooh that 's nice to hear , we pay for the area up there then do we ! |
| 23 | More corrugated iron and concrete and an army sign : ‘ We apologize for the delay Please do not blame us Blame the Terrorists ’ , with another smaller one beside it : ‘ Please take your little home with you ’ . |
| 24 | We waited for the moment when we would hear those words : ‘ It 's a … ‘ |
| 25 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 26 | They paid for the holiday out of her redundancy money . |
| 27 | They arrived for the performance only to find the tape recorder would not work . |
| 28 | Rachel cheers me up by saying she was leaving anyhow , and if he wants her to pay for the night then she will and to hell with it . |
| 29 | It was won by the Cheshire Youth Orchestra , who were in jubilant mood as they left for the journey home . |
| 30 | They waited for the moment when I might put myself beyond their pale . |