Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |
| 2 | And they 'd knock off for a bit of dinner , come back , and do the second milking . |
| 3 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 4 | However , the speed and excitement of the third level simply ca n't make up for the boredom of the first two , thus banishing this product into the depths of mediocrity . |
| 5 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 6 | I then learned from the media that these payments would make up for the loss of revenue caused by people who could not or would not pay the community charge … |
| 7 | This last month , the Bavarians have been going through the painful experience of learning that , where an historic collection is concerned , it is the whole which is greater than the parts , and no saving of individual items can make up for the erosion of that whole . |
| 8 | Hadley is adamant that , despite the views expressed by Wayne Shelford , nothing can make up for the satisfaction of representing the country of your birth at international level . |
| 9 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 10 | No I 'm stopping in with our kid , you know , and you could n't impose on , on so er if there was fisticuffs , fights , falling out , I 'll fetch our kid , I 'll fetch our wench , I mean there we you used to , honestly and truthfully , you , you used to feel it , you know erm because when there was any trouble , problems or like that there was always somebody to share it well it had the advantages in some ways , perhaps you was er had a little bit more luxuries than the f bigger family , but i in my mind that did n't make up for the companionship of brothers and sisters , no b b b b that , that 's w how I put it anyway . |
| 11 | I I do n't know whether M A F F would object , but they did lay down for the selection of their site . |
| 12 | It considered that if the Community 's system of quotas in its present form allowed member states to introduce certain requirements whose compatibility with Community law could only be justified by the necessity to attain the objectives of that system , then such requirements could only be incorporated into the quota licences or other quota management measures which the United Kingdom must lay down for the management of its quotas under article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , and not be imposed as conditions for the registration of vessels . |
| 13 | You could sign up for a series of courses , which you could take at your own pace . |
| 14 | Mona , a Palestinian born in Kuwait , said : ‘ Oh yes , he would often drop by for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat . ’ |
| 15 | Erm the only thing that occurred to me I just wondered if she knew somebody who had a dearly loved dog that , did n't want to train it but you know she could perhaps just take along for the joy of running it and training it but I think part of the pleasure is the reflected glory you know it 's my dog |
| 16 | They would call in for a glass of beer on their way back from a shift . |
| 17 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 18 | Clyde Walcott , the former Test batsman who is now chairman of the West Indies Board , will take over for the remainder of the series . |
| 19 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 20 | This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw . |
| 21 | And in some class rooms the kids are gon na go down for a variety of reasons , they 're gon na they 're gon na work their ticket and in other class rooms they wo n't ! |
| 22 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 23 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 24 | This is the issue which occupies Anne Phillips , Sylvia Walby and Michèle Barrett in particular , with a certain consensus that , after all , we must hold out for a version of modernism ( against post-modernism ) , and what Phillips calls a ‘ middle route ’ which retains its aspiration to universalism . |
| 25 | Ron will be back tonight , so we 'll probably go out for a couple of pints . |
| 26 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 27 | Will you come in for a cup of tea ? |
| 28 | And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea . |
| 29 | Design a chart the parents can fill in for a period of one week . |
| 30 | Demographic circumstances around that time tend to have substantial effects on the type and quality of housing which many people will live in for the rest of their lifetimes . |