Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described . |
| 2 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 3 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 4 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 5 | SUMMER nights are very short and not the right time of the year to look out for the stars . |
| 6 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 7 | His group was a homespun affair and he wanted to support people inspired solely by the love of writing and music , and with the verve to stand up for themselves in print . |
| 8 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 9 | Then she went out into the garden to walk around for a while and before she was aware of her own movements , found herself moving briskly , almost running , up the green slope to the sea . |
| 10 | Mick was there first and climbed onto the tailboard to pull out for the rogue two of Paddy 's cans ( a fact which Paddy was slow to forget ) . |
| 11 | I promised to buy shares in the brewery to make up for it . |
| 12 | The pattern of the first day of the autumn term was fixed ; the first-years , who had arrived at their halls of residence the day before , came to the department in the morning to sign up for various optional courses . |
| 13 | Certain of the retailing organizations we spoke to mentioned a smaller , shorter peak at around Easter and many also hired temporary workers for a month or two over the summer to fill in for regular staff who were taking vacations . |
| 14 | ‘ The lads still at the club are coming from all over the place to turn out for us , and are happy just to play the game . |
| 15 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 16 | All the judges can do is award a greater proportion of non pension assets to the wife to make up for her lack of long term security and if these other assets are small , the husband is still the winner . |
| 17 | Such good management involves proper drainage , maintenance of a neutral pH , a balance between grazing and cutting , mixed stocking , controlled grazing and resting , the avoidance of physical damage ( particularly in bad weather ) , and the return of organic matter to the soil to make up for hay or silage removed . |
| 18 | Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside . |