Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb base] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | So you look for a conductor |
2 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
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 | But as a reminder to others that we 're still watching , here 's the last verse : ‘ So , chairman 's allowance unaltered , ‘ And fifty redundant , I think ; ‘ That rounds off the business quite nicely , ‘ Now anyone care for a drink . ’ |
7 | Well we do for a swim we 're going to a |
8 | No you see I , see how I go for a minute |
9 | ‘ How I long for a return to wingers , all-out attack — and entertainment . ’ |
10 | ‘ Oh , I do n't mind , ’ said Ianthe , watching an old woman watering plants on a nearby roof ‘ How I long for a cup of tea ! ’ she went on , coming back into the room . |
11 | A track is laid to allow the camera to move smoothly , then they go for a take . |
12 | Then they go for a month to a , Sue 's going on a computing course for a day on the tenth of June , the date Clare goes to Brompton , Isle of Wight , so I 'll have to bring them home . |
13 | and she helped him , cos he was n't well and they , then they send for an ambulance and at the the man , he was n't really well |
14 | However I know for a fact that is has done much more than just promote real draught ale . |
15 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Shops in town do n't want to know when you ask for a toilet . |
18 | 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 ’ ) . |
19 | I mean either they opt for a family , or they opt for a job . |
20 | CELTIC aim to rewind the tape and produce an action replay at Parkhead tonight when they bid for a place in the third round of a European competition for the first time in nine years . |
21 | Is the Fire Officer given every individual case where they apply for a licence over an old people 's home , and er , this sort of thing ? |
22 | Why ca nt they realise for a second that if he had been playing , maybe they would have won all 6 matches and pissed on all of the sides ? |