Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 2 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 3 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 4 | However , once we start to distort the operation of open justice and the consideration of the matters , we may very well , through the operation of rumour and all its insidious effects that are so damaging in libel cases — the only justification that I know for the high damages granted in such cases — inflict more damage on justice than we realise . |
| 5 | I suppose for the early settlers the smaller tarns such as those on Widdale , Baugh Fell and Whernside looked like tears on the face of the fell . |
| 6 | ‘ I grieve for the white bodies |
| 7 | I looked for the black boots . |
| 8 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 9 | I looked for the knitted garments that I used to help her with but they must have all been sold . |
| 10 | I suppose I go for the dangerous types — the ones who look almost but not quite entirely wholesome . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought I went for the Amazonian types , ’ he commented , ladling some of the food on to his plate warily . |
| 12 | I poured him a glass of the special malt which I kept for the rare occasions of celebration or consolation in my life . |
| 13 | those there , cos those are the ones I had for the European elections |
| 14 | I longed for the sweet delights of eternity , and I gave my soul over to love Christ with every ounce of my power … |
| 15 | ’ Rainforest ’ turns out to be the squawking tropical bird noise already playing in the Centre , so I settle for the crashing waves and seagull cries of ’ Ocean ’ . |
| 16 | RUNAWAY teenager Nicola Rogers told today why she headed for the bright lights of Blackpool after leaving her home 100 miles away four days ago . |
| 17 | She darted for the open doors and down the stone step to the garden . |
| 18 | Project staff will help you to apply for the available grants and carry out practical work . |
| 19 | For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight . |
| 20 | You leapt for the cleaner banks and I allowed myself to be carried on by the filth of deceit , of shame , and of a guilt that even now I can not put into public or private words . |
| 21 | Had she opted for the wrong values ? |
| 22 | Having decided to make your home a safe place , where do you go for the right products and service ? |
| 23 | ‘ Down at Atholl , when you went for the new blades , ’ his wife answered from beside the fireplace . |
| 24 | And when you that lay down you can look at whoever what the other players have got face up and you either go for a player or you go for the maximum points . |
| 25 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
| 26 | She was known to all in the French Quarter for her good looks , her own hard-luck story ( two marriages , two troubled kids , a problem with drink ) and the soft spot she had for the hard-luck stories of others , poets in particular . |
| 27 | In moments of crisis like that you reach for the old dependables . |
| 28 | She provides for the physical needs of the family , she is its emotional organizer , mediator of feelings , with a responsibility to dampen and absorb confrontations and generally keep the family running smoothly . |
| 29 | It seemed to fly OK , so we prepared for the 482 kilometres water crossing to Australia . |
| 30 | That we look not for detailed application of single techniques in a piecemeal fashion , but rather that we look for the general developments from which we can build school specific approaches which translate the experience into usable school practice . |