Example sentences of "[verb] for an early " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , the forty-five-year-old 's rotund physique proved too much and he was forced to retire for an early bath . |
| 2 | According to Kyodo , Zou asked for an early resumption of the 1990-95 loan package . |
| 3 | He stopped for an early beer at a roadside pub in Surrey , then dropped the car off in its lock-up garage and strolled to a cafe for lunch . |
| 4 | He is pressing for an early meeting with Home Office Minister Peter Lloyd , who has been sent a copy of the survey . |
| 5 | Opposition parties had also been pressing for an early poll , especially in view of the poor performance by ANAP in local elections since 1989 [ see p. 36528 ] . |
| 6 | The fact that the assassination coincided with the release in Lebanon of the British hostage John McCarthy [ see p. 38405 ] fuelled speculation that it had been sanctioned by opponents of the Iranian government critical of its current conciliatory attitude towards the West [ see pp.38212 ; 38309 ] and of its role in pressing for an early resolution of the hostage crisis . |
| 7 | Once Cash seemed destined for an early grave like his friends Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison . |
| 8 | The party machines , however , are being oiled and watered for an early poll . |
| 9 | Between January 1940 and June 1941 he broadcast no fewer than nine major speeches , demonstrating his unshakeable confidence , strengthening morale , and giving further hope for an early end to the war . |
| 10 | Tory MPs and the City will be looking for an early cut in interest rates to stimulate recovery . |
| 11 | If there is , they will be looking for an early signal that their franchise will be renewed . |
| 12 | I had warned my men overnight to be prepared for an early start , and a little before sunrise , leaving them to pack up and follow me , I said good-bye to my friends at Dalkania and started on the two-mile climb to the forest road on the ridge above … . |
| 13 | The businessmen who last year jostled to fill Mr Collor 's campaign chest now sound like the turkeys who cackled for an early Christmas . |
| 14 | The gig sold out months ago and , despite EMF 's claims to be moving away from the teeny audience , Silverfish are forced to open the show a good two hours earlier than normal to accommodate the expected exodus of punters heading for an early bedtime . |
| 15 | If you have another lucrative position lined up , that will be a good reason to press for an early resolution if you fear that once your ex-employer learns of it , he might be much less inclined to generosity . |
| 16 | Another general election was not due until May 1994 , and with the amended law perceived as likely to benefit the ND , the opposition had less incentive to press for an early election . |
| 17 | I believe that had there been television in those days , the British cricket public would have been shocked by what they say and called for an early end to it all , irrespective of the rights and wrongs of Bodyline . |
| 18 | Although no breakthrough was achieved in the discussions , the Japanese delegation offered its approval of North Korea 's signature of the safeguards accord and called for an early inspection of the country 's nuclear facilities . |
| 19 | But that Wednesday morning , the few customers who had called for an early drink were much more interested in other underwater creatures : four of them , with sleek black skins and disproportionately large webbed feet , circling up and down , and round and round , and sweeping the depths diligently below the weir , streams of bubbles intermittently rising to the surface from the cylinders strapped to their backs . |
| 20 | The AIBS Refugee Office has written to Kenneth Clarke and Junior Home Office Minister Charles Wardle calling for an early meeting to discuss its concerns over the content of the new Asylum Bill . |
| 21 | There was nothing we could do for poor Victor at five in the morning ; we should meet for an early breakfast and decide then what to do . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) will apply for an early sitting of the Scottish Grand Committee to deal with clause 17 . |
| 23 | They both settled for an early night . |
| 24 | Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman — who called for an early contest — and Mr Donald Dewar , Scottish spokesman , were among the first senior party figures publicly to throw their weight behind the Shadow Chancellor 's campaign . |
| 25 | Papandreou called for an early general election ( elections were not due until 1994 ) , describing the conservative New Democracy ( ND ) administration as " an operetta government " ; it was ready to sell everything , he said , " even the Acropolis " , and had brought the country to the edge of bankruptcy , put democracy at risk , and made poverty and unemployment " a daily reality " . |
| 26 | Lubys also called for an early introduction of the litas , Lithuania 's new currency . |
| 27 | He also called for an early announcement of a balanced energy policy to stimulate the heavy engineering sector . |
| 28 | Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position . |
| 29 | Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position . |
| 30 | In fact , Milton 's skipper , Paul Storey hacked the ball off his own line in twelve minutes as Bishops looked for an early goal . |