Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [pron] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
2 | When he goes out there to wait for her in the evening , I sometimes think : It is n't Rosa . |
3 | The Americans forged ahead not only because they could deploy greater resources , but also because they were more ruthless in seeking out key German experts during the chaos of the German surrender , and in persuading them to work for them in the United States . |
4 | We told him to look for us in the evening . |
5 | She 's too stuck up to look for it in the back of a cab just yet , but it 'll come to it one day when she gets a few more years on her , even the milkman wo n't be safe and she 'll be grateful . |
6 | ‘ We shall want you to play for us in the pageant . ’ |
7 | Although Tory Euro-rebels support the Government in opposing the social chapter , they are prepared to vote for it in the hope of wrecking the whole treaty . |
8 | But it 's the year that you have n't , but yo the year before that you have n't yet paid for you have to pay for it in the year that it you do n't make any profit . |
9 | Though she was passing through what has been called her first industrial revolution , there was as yet little to show for it in the landscape . |
10 | They could also seek to express their views by searching out a friendly bishop to speak for them in the debates . |
11 | Domestic cats left to fend for themselves in the wild would still spend much of their time asleep , and conserve their energy for hunting at dawn and dusk . |