Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 2 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 3 | I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’ |
| 4 | I hope there will yet be occasion to make use of them again in the same cause , even if we must wait now for a better opportunity . |
| 5 | We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 6 | If you could qualify either for a reduced pension of your own or a dependant 's addition , the higher of the two would be paid . |
| 7 | He did , however , fall heavily for the young woman who is now his wife . |
| 8 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 9 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 10 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 11 | I shall do so for the last time . |
| 12 | The guidance will bring together for the first time all the relevant existing guidance into one statement and has already been the subject of previous consultation in a green paper . |
| 13 | In any case , as a result of the growing emphasis on patrilineal descent in all aristocratic families , even the noblest of wives could do less for an eleventh-century lord than she could have done for his grandfather . |
| 14 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 15 | A DOCTOR and a student will warm up for an Arctic adventure by spending tonight in a seafood freezer . |
| 16 | Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) . |
| 17 | Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) . |
| 18 | AS SOON as she arrives back from her American lecture tour tonight , Mrs Thatcher will head straight for a glittering parlour in central London . |
| 19 | If you do he will head straight for the nearest snag and you will be extremely fortunate to pull him out again . |
| 20 | What I 'm trying to say is that er Notts County supporters have got ta watch out for the other English teams ' scores rather than the Italian teams ' scores . |
| 21 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 22 | The report is fair in stating its case in favour of such regulations , without concealing the disadvantages which these new rules would undoubtedly bring about for the Swiss art market . |
| 23 | Yours is one case I will always remember not for the large number of witnesses , but for the meeting of a man who right from the first impressed his lawyers with his innocence a conviction that grew and grew the more that one went into the case and met the many people who knew Andy Beattie so well . ’ |
| 24 | Recording will begin shortly for a second title , Better Than Life , which is due in the autumn . |
| 25 | Now we need an optimistic accountant , can somebody look out for an optimistic accountant |
| 26 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 27 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 28 | The party 's anger and resentment at the limited nature of government action did not augur well for the smooth functioning of the Russian Parliament . |
| 29 | Their relationship with the organisation is likely to be transient they are brought in for a particular event and might or might not work again for the same organisation . |
| 30 | We could not sensibly plan ahead for a doomsday-type catastrophe . |