Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | The shipmaster was down by the mast , ready to lower the cross-spar with its square sail , and the crew were flexing their muscles and setting oars in the rowlocks to slide out for the turn up against the wind into Duart Bay . |
| 3 | It is for the humanities to speak up for the value of retrospective conversion , and for some national planning to be undertaken to achieve this , as they , and to some extent the social sciences have most to gain from such an investment . |
| 4 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |
| 5 | Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves . |
| 6 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Number eight Dave Cook provided excellent support and it was his pass to Steve Glen that allowed the scrum-half to scamper over for the score . |
| 9 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 10 | Finally , why will the Government not allow the extra European funds to be spent in the coalfields to make up for the jobs that have been lost ? |
| 11 | The baby 's attention is drawn to the potty before being placed on it : the aim was to teach the babies to reach out for the potty to indicate they wanted to use it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | SUMMER nights are very short and not the right time of the year to look out for the stars . |
| 14 | This is the time to make up for the imprecision of the life story in Step 1 . |
| 15 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 16 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 17 | Lads who spent the working day in jeans got dressed up in a suit to go out for the night . |
| 18 | As churches we feel an obligation to speak up for the least privileged in our society , for those who live in the areas of highest unemployment , poorest housing and social disintegration . |
| 19 | FREE-market economics took on a new meaning last week as schools received an invitation to shop around for the cheapest General Certificate of Secondary Education exams . |