Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 2 | They used to come over for the spud-picking and go to Ormskirk and live in a bothy and would come to Scotland Place because there were so many wakes . |
| 3 | It took all her strength to reach out for the receiver and raise it stiffly to her ear . |
| 4 | Wants to look around for the wallet while I 'm not here , thought Joe . |
| 5 | I think he would like to do more for the band but we are completely stupid and like do everything for ourselves . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to do well for the club but I seem to be heading up a blind alley and maybe a move is the only solution . |
| 7 | Fionnphort absorbs uncomplaining the onslaught of coachloads of tourists and pilgrims , but not today , not yet , for we are early , leaving the tourists in their boarding houses to queue irritably for the bathroom and linger over their bacon . |
| 8 | I say to him [ husband ] I 'm going to clear off for the day and you can do it all one day , and you 'll see what it 's like . |
| 9 | Stirling 's party decided to lie up for the day and , leaving the road , headed into some low hills covered with scrubby bushes . |
| 10 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 11 | Pallister missed the European Championship because of back and foot injuries and Ferguson stressed : ‘ He has worked so hard this summer to get right for the season and I am sure it will pay off for him . ’ |
| 12 | The detachable top ring needs to be set at such a pressure as to stay in for the cast but detach on the strike or more accurately the wind-down . |
| 13 | Rigney , the strong redhead , had to return home for the tour and Donal Lenihan was flown out as his replacement . |
| 14 | Sweet Molly , who he was about to take out for the day and seduce if he got the chance . |
| 15 | His landlord wants him to pay a further $170 to make up for the deposit that 's gone missing . |
| 16 | Taylor wants everyone to be sunny side up after the World Cup qualifier to make up for the fact that no English club sides are left in Europe and give everyone — players and fans — a lift . |
| 17 | The Navigation Acts were not in the first instance devised to make up for the fact that some English revenue was devoted to colonial defence , but defending the colonies came to be seen as an integral part of the Old Colonial System . |
| 18 | In America the war was not much more decisive than its predecessor , but British successes in Europe and claims to compensation to make up for the fact that the Bourbons had secured the Spanish throne meant that Britain kept her gains instead of returning them as she had done in 1697 . |
| 19 | Ski equipment importers had big stocks of last year 's skis and boots still on their hands and ski shops were desperately running sales and searching for other sports to make up for the fact that no one was buying skigear . |
| 20 | ‘ You can do nothing to make up for the time that 's been wasted checking for a link between that incident and the murder of Hal MacQuillan . ’ |
| 21 | Someone to speak up for the person or their carer as an ‘ advocate ’ . |