Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just look for the obvious first . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't stick to one particular brand but I would never be without my face powder and I usually go for the heavy Sixties-style eye make-up — lots of black kohl pencil and mascara . |
| 3 | I also stayed for the required time that politeness dictates . |
| 4 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
| 5 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Would you rather wait for the other ladies ? ’ he ventured , obviously torn between his duty and the thought of her sitting alone in such rowdy company for several minutes . |
| 7 | When hiring tools from HSS Hire Shops you only pay for the actual time the equipment is in use ; in addition you have the HAE assurance that the tools you select are regularly maintained , and are in a safe condition . |
| 8 | This year the company , which had an £8.6m turnover in 1991 , was sold off , but she still works for the old directors . |
| 9 | She also called for the immediate release of the Birmingham Six and other framed Irish prisoners . |
| 10 | That may be the case if you want a full four-seater with a decent avionics fit , but if you primarily fly for the sheer thrill of flying and are happy with map and eyeball navigation , it is more than possible to fly for well under half of that sum . |
| 11 | we only insure for the intrinsic value of |
| 12 | The music faded softly into the background and the Chairman proudly announced , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen … we now present for the great enjoyment of all … the London Idol … the one and only … |
| 13 | We now look for the left vector unc corresponding to x as the right vector ; in §2.10.1 this was |
| 14 | How can we then account for the high occurrence of subject searches on online catalogues ? |
| 15 | This is in agrement with the 200 bp increase of telomeric ends we previously reported for the linear vector ( 1 ) . |
| 16 | We commonly test for the selective value of a particular feature by holding background variation of both genotype and environment at a minimum . |
| 17 | You 've got everything but those great bubbling glass things they always have for the mad scientist ! ’ |
| 18 | They now compete for the modern migrants . |
| 19 | ‘ What they really need for the final push is a window where the wind is n't quite as bad ’ , said Bonington . |
| 20 | Once the winter rains have passed , Delhi experiences two months of weather so perfect and blissful that they almost compensate for the climatic extremes of the other ten months of the year . |
| 21 | On the other hand the BDDA scored a triumph , which it circulated " to every mission and school for the deaf and dumb in the United Kingdom " , when it successfully campaigned for the nondiscriminatory insurance of deaf and dumb people in employment under the Workmen 's Compensation , Unemployment and Invalidity Acts which the Lloyd George Government passed early in the twentieth century . |
| 22 | He only entered for the Foreign Office and the block plan , with a total of ten drawings , and was awarded one of the fifth prizes for his Foreign Office design . |
| 23 | It also argued for the complete removal of executive power from the President as well as the abolition of a number of unspecified prerogatives enjoyed by the President as head of state . |
| 24 | It also accounts for the extraordinary ability of shoppers to select from a huge array those goods most appropriate to themselves and their close friends or relatives . |
| 25 | He wisely asked for the downward transition after a circuit and the mare came down to trot , threw her head up briefly and then rounded again . |
| 26 | He also answered for the general practitioner , dental and pharmaceutical services . |
| 27 | He was so tall and masculine that he probably went for the dainty feminine types . |
| 28 | That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity . |
| 29 | Downing Street yesterday firmly rejected bitter criticism by President Clinton of ‘ unfair ’ subsidies towards the European Airbus which he partly blamed for the threatened loss of 28,000 Boeing jobs . |
| 30 | It probably failed for the Mixed Fours were re-introduced as a trial in 1960 and reintroduced yet again in 1974 largely on the initiative of Valerie Wormwald the then Ladies ' Captain . |