Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 2 | Inside FI , it was known that Emerson could have gone on driving for a major team and many thought it a pity that he had not stuck to doing what he knew best . |
| 3 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 4 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 5 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 6 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 7 | Now I 'm not I 'm asking is whether its shareholders could write in to apply for a concessionary ticket to Alton Towers and get a reduced price if they so wish . |
| 8 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 9 | After another couple of hymns and an anthem , they go down to prepare for the next service . |
| 10 | To answer this they brought the sodium iodide detector over to look for the tell-tale gamma rays . |
| 11 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 12 | Gary is now leading the series with three rounds to go … this week he 's off to race for the European Championship in Holland … |
| 13 | He then rushed off to prepare for the main service of the morning as the Minster bells began to ring out . |
| 14 | These ideas proposed that the tail was asymmetrical , with a larger lower lobe and , when in use , tended to drive the head up to compensate for a heavy head shield and a lack of paired fins . |
| 15 | John phoned him up looking for a bass player and Cliff gave him my number . |
| 16 | High red serpents swayed up to hang for a lingering minute and fade ; busy green heads with white tails thrashed hither and thither and then dived to death . |
| 17 | The band was called Touching Home and we got a lot of church functions and ended up playing for the American community there . ’ |
| 18 | and new manager John Gorman could't have dreamt up wished for a better start … |
| 19 | Around the harbour , fishermen 's tavernas still jostle side by side with the newer cafés and bars which have sprung up to cater for the younger market , and the main daytime activity seems to be relaxing over a quiet glass of something while watching the boats chug in and out . |
| 20 | ‘ I never thought I 'd end up working for a bossy woman . ’ |
| 21 | Some go on to study for a higher degree , and some take postgraduate courses in management or production engineering . |
| 22 | Heavy rain stopped everyone after 18 laps , so it was back to go for a second start . |
| 23 | Am I glad we came out to work for the entire season , Rosie ! |
| 24 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 25 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 26 | In this case , the researcher decides how many of each category of person should be included in the sample , but then , instead of selecting them at random from a sampling frame , the researcher goes out looking for the right number of people in each category until the quota is filled . |
| 27 | Most of the enemies of these insects are small birds out searching for a tasty meal . |
| 28 | We 're having a whole day next term to sort out testing for the eleven year olds . |
| 29 | Those setting out to look for a new home after April 4 will have the questionable benefit of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 , which comes into force on that day . |
| 30 | I hope Wilko cuts his losses with our Brian and then goes out to look for a decent striker . |