Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 2 | I wan , I want to la , I want to live for a bit longer . |
| 3 | That 's probably why I want to go for a dump now . |
| 4 | I want to push for a win if I can . ’ |
| 5 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
| 6 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I want to fight for the world title and to do it against a fellow Brit would be just great . |
| 8 | I want to consider for a moment the true price of coal . |
| 9 | I 've already made up my mind that I want to sign for the Blues . |
| 10 | But later he said : ‘ If the public thinks I deserve to fight for the title again and one of the champions would give me a title shot , I 'll come back . |
| 11 | I hope to arrange for the Broadcasting Committee to consider the issue at an early date . |
| 12 | We must allow ourselves time to grieve for the past but the guards had no such time . |
| 13 | I enjoy working for the agency . |
| 14 | I stand listening for a moment — crying could ruin everything — but there 's only the rhythmic suck-suck , suck-suck , suck-suck as it breathes and sucks on the medicine . |
| 15 | I recall leading for the Opposition in the early 1970s on the Fair Trading Act 1973 . |
| 16 | I 'm not that way inclined , I like to go for a walk and have the fresh air on me and everything . |
| 17 | Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements . |
| 18 | It 's a lazy Saturday and I decide to go for a walk in Cwm Idwal . |
| 19 | I attempt to stay for an hour or two . |
| 20 | ‘ I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race . ’ |
| 21 | I try walking for a bit with my eyes closed proper , but I keep having to open them cos I 'm scared I 'm going to bump into summat . |
| 22 | So I do apologise for the confusion . |
| 23 | So I do feel for the chump who , late for a smart dinner party , dashes into the local off-licence and forks out £50 for a bottle of Mouton Rothschild 1988 . |
| 24 | I ca n't say it 's been marvellously successful but I do know for a fact that the conditions of the working class was improved tremendously by organizations in the thing which has come to be described as trade-unionism . |
| 25 | I do apologize for the delay . |
| 26 | Needs some help and gets it from Thomson who started this move off and lifted in towards Agnew , Cooper clears it still has n't gone out and er Phillips just prevented it I think going for a corner , yes it 's a throw . |
| 27 | Heavy with child I come to ask for an extraction . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
| 29 | I 've sent for the captain . |
| 30 | I 've sent for the priest . |