Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 2 | Parke , 17 , needed all his creativity and courage to hold on for a 15-10 , 9-15 , 15-12 , 15-14 victory just when his resources were beginning to flag . |
| 3 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 4 | Greece sought until the last moment to hold out for a higher ceiling than the 60,500 transit licences offered to Greek lorries . |
| 5 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 6 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 7 | If , it appears , you tell a subject to watch out for a certain item in a series of random sights the subject will seldom be able to recall whatever immediately preceded the watched-for item . |
| 8 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |