Example sentences of "[adv] you [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So you look for a conductor |
| 2 | As , as a matter of fact , my son you know those di things you have like you have for the television like a switch box ? |
| 3 | Whenever you run for a train , cope with stress at work , or lose your temper , the heart and lungs have to cope with the extra demands placed on them . |
| 4 | when I used to go up you know for a pint of snowball he say pint of snowball , some of the , what they call 'em |
| 5 | Now you relax for a minute , I wo n't be long . |
| 6 | From that point onward the story is a bonus but overall you read for the quality of language and the quality of seeing rather than the material . |
| 7 | Plain you pay for the thing I 'll pay for these go on . |
| 8 | A win or a loss could affect how well you lived for a day or two . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did n't you send for a carriage ? |
| 10 | Do n't you think for a rock'n'roll band it is somewhat stupid to promote this government idea , especially here in Belgium ? ’ |
| 11 | Why do n't you ask for a rubber when you make a mistake . |
| 12 | " Why do n't you apply for a grant and go and do a psychology degree at the tech ? " said Lyn . |
| 13 | ‘ Could n't you wait for the body to be removed ? ’ he said quietly . |
| 14 | ‘ Why do n't you pray for a miracle , Father , ’ Myles said sardonically . |
| 15 | When it comes to neck shaping and so on , it is best to decrease the stitches back to the original number , by , for example , taking eight stitches back to four stitches if that is how you increased for the cable before shaping . |
| 16 | Consequently you arranged for the issue of invoice 3827 , dated 16 November 1992 . |
| 17 | ‘ And that 's presumably when you went for a smoke on the roof ? ’ |
| 18 | well you did n't put your coat on the other day when you went for the paper |
| 19 | In the case of a registered title there 's one occasion , as mentioned above , when you make a land charges search , and that 's when you act for a mortgagee . |
| 20 | Shops in town do n't want to know when you ask for a toilet . |
| 21 | It was the kind of place where you waited for a bus that never came . |
| 22 | You walk on to climb the slopes of Bulkeley Hill from where you head for the village of Bickerton and on the heathland of Bickerton Hill . |
| 23 | If nothing else you feel for a man blighted by an absurdly exalted image — and one who can make a joke out of it in the wonderful tongue-in-cheek prophecy of The End of the World that closes the album ( ‘ Nostradamus and Jesus and Buddha and me/ We said it was coming/ Now just wait and see ’ ) . |
| 24 | If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man , then wherever you go for the rest of your life , it stays with you , for Paris is a movable feast , Ernest Hemingway to a friend , 1950 . |