Example sentences of "[to-vb] for the [noun sg] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out !
2 Finally , when they get back home once again they are ‘ in demand ’ , and it is in their nature to work for the family again and put their own wants or needs to the bottom of the pile !
3 Until then , cattle had been required mainly for work and milk but an increasing demand for meat inspired Bakewell to breed for the butcher rather than for the plough .
4 But later he said : ‘ If the public thinks I deserve to fight for the title again and one of the champions would give me a title shot , I 'll come back .
5 Such changes are made in English to account for the notion more than one and for the notion meaning approximately in the past in verbs .
6 I chose to speak for the motion rather than against , for as a matter of hard fact devolution was dead .
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