Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 2 | And I want to apologize for last night , I made an awful ass of myself , I am sorry . ’ |
| 3 | By working co-operatively , long-term , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 4 | By working co-operatively , longterm , with the people around me , I hope to continue for some time yet . |
| 5 | I try to babysit for different people ; sometimes I 'm so embarrassed I ca n't go back to a place . |
| 6 | It 's one of the things I try to do for selfish pleasure , glorious , indulgent , selfish pleasure , rather than for money . ’ |
| 7 | I start to think for some reason about the idea of being all right . |
| 8 | The answer I tend to get off a lot of places is that I have to wait for twelve years |
| 9 | So er can I suggest that we actually ask the the Recreation Ground Committee to look at these problems over the er I do n't think there are any significant problems actually after the , after the Easter weekend fortunately , but just to have er in reply to the city football club , because they are concerned , and have been I have to say for many years , so it 's not unusual . |
| 10 | I have to play for next week . |
| 11 | ‘ I refuse to pay for shoddy service ! |
| 12 | If you want to campaign for socialist policies against this government , join the Labour party . |
| 13 | If then you have invited the artists of Europe to send in plans for a Plan which we have no intention of executing , two questions will arise — the first is who will pay the Premiums which you propose to offer for these Plans , seeing that we could hardly propose to Parliament to vote Premiums for Plans that are not to be executed , and secondly whether the Artists of Europe will not think that they have been trifled with in being asked to send in Plans for an undertaking which the Govt had on consideration determined not to attempt . |
| 14 | This can be especially true if you are a woman who is unused to making sexual demands , or if you are already in a long-term relationship when you begin to ask for safer sex . |
| 15 | ‘ You seem to go for older men , ’ he remarked cynically . |
| 16 | At the same time , you will have a full 30 days to consider the benefits of the plan — and if you decide to cancel for any reason , you can return the policy to PPP without obligation . |
| 17 | If you forget , as you turn to go for another dog the lead dog , being a friendly creature , will come with you . |
| 18 | Thus for a proper appreciation of the distinction between " slow " and " fast " you have to wait for electromagnetic waves to be introduced , discussed , and digested . |
| 19 | These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room . |
| 20 | Now you have to pay for unsolicited restoration |
| 21 | And we kept saying , ‘ You have to pay for these things ’ . |
| 22 | Your success could be resented by others , which may mean that you have to fight for dear life to hang on to what you 've got , or there will be little time to enjoy your personal or social life . |
| 23 | A typical weekend visit where the guest arrives Friday night and departs Sunday night will probably mean you have to cater for two dinners ( Friday and Saturday night ) , two breakfasts ( Saturday and Sunday morning — maybe cooked breakfasts ) , two lunches ( Saturday and Sunday ) , and one tea ( early Sunday evening ) . |
| 24 | The advantage with this method is that you can move the whole tent in one if you need to re-position for any reason . |
| 25 | The sort of questions your adviser will ask are : whether you are investing for income now or capital growth in the future ; whether you need to go for absolute security with every penny you have or whether you can afford slightly more risky investments in the hope of making more money in the long run ; what other sources of income you have , or might expect to receive . |
| 26 | Erm , er you need to pay for those Kyle . |
| 27 | The TV items are being selected on the criteria of level of interest and validity as examples of authentic spoken English ie. we tend to go for ordinary people speaking to camera rather than voice over or straight presentation to camera . |
| 28 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 29 | The point we want to make for immediate purposes has to do with the way in which methodological problems arise from particular conceptions of the " order of things " . |
| 30 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |