Example sentences of "[to-vb] for the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something . |
| 2 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 3 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 4 | Though physically a lightly built rugby player , he never hesitated to go for the top league and would be bounced and shaken regularly . |
| 5 | To go for the lapidary effect as such is sterile ; one tries for the lapidary because , if achieved , it is a guarantee of the verity of one 's feeling — Christian or non-Christian , as the case may be . |
| 6 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 7 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
| 8 | To see for the first time and together that incomparable view of San Marco from the western end of the Piazza . |
| 9 | Well people are not bound to lose , because some people do finish up ahead , but most people should expect to lose for the simple reason that bookies have got to make a living somehow , and therefore the odds that they offer to entice people to go in are such as to expect the bookie to make a profit , but that does n't mean to say that I am against the idea of people going in for gambling . |
| 10 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
| 11 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 12 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 13 | A rates reduction for a certain period is inadequate to compensate for the great disruption that was caused to people seeking to make a living in that area — people who do not have the wherewithal or the ability to use the court system against the Minister . |
| 14 | This is further complicated if a helicopter radio with some form of collective/tail rotor mixing is used , since this will increase the tail rotor pitch to compensate for the increased power and pitch being used . |
| 15 | This mixing increases the tail rotor pitch to compensate for the increased torque when collective pitch is added , but in an autorotation landing there is no torque at all so the yaw effect is even more pronounced . |
| 16 | The Elves needed to increase their strength in other areas to compensate for the raw power and savage strength of the great beasts . |
| 17 | The struggle to understand everything showed clearly on her face , and slowly , surely , she found a ray of hope in the mess , something to compensate for the painful discovery that she 'd been ignorant of her own roots . |
| 18 | Diets for autoclaving are supplemented with nutrients to compensate for the inevitable degradation that occurs . |
| 19 | Men are in voluntarily unemployed if , in the event of a small rise in the price of wage-goods relatively to the money-wage , both the aggregate supply of labour willing to work for the current money-wage and the aggregate demand for it at that wage would be greater than the existing volume of employment . |
| 20 | My sights were wide-ranging " I 'd like to work for the Daily Mirror or the Telegraph , " I informed my friends , as I sank a pint in the way I 'd seen the big-boys do at the time of the by-election . |
| 21 | It is very hard to know for the simple reason that very few records of justices ' out-of-sessions activities survive , and although sometimes these cases were heard by two or more justices at petty sessions , even the records of these hearings are scarce and incomplete . |
| 22 | As a screen Englishman , he felt it his duty to volunteer for the Royal Navy when war broke out and was amused to find that his newly-developed persona automatically promoted him to officer class . |
| 23 | People come in all shapes and sizes and rucksack makers often have to aim for the middle ground when deciding on specifications . |
| 24 | His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ . |
| 25 | You 'll be tempted to look for the hidden catch or create difficulties to solve , just because you 're so much in the habit of worrying . |
| 26 | Grierson was a West Highland Scot , as was immediately evident from his accent , an accent which he never attempted to conceal for the excellent reason that he saw no earthly reason why he ever should . |
| 27 | The money he gave them they had meant to use for the Greek trip but it was more than they expected and they had gone on a shopping , then a drinking , spree with it . |
| 28 | Given the difficult economic climate , many clients have decided to opt for the old adage that things can only be managed if they can be measured . |
| 29 | If a school intends to operate a form of option system allowing pupils to drop history at Key Stage 4 or to opt for the short course or continue with the full course , pupils and parents will presumably wish to base their decision on performance to date . |
| 30 | However , the need to maximize the anti-power sharing vote convinced both DUP and Vanguard to instruct their followers to vote for the other party as their second or third preference in what was to be a single transferable vote type of proportional representation election . |