Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I write for an American magazine .
2 Erm sorry , just to come back , er I work for an amateur theatre company
3 If you like heavy bedding make sure you ask for an extra quilt .
4 You aim for a reasonable provision of jobs , bearing in mind the job requirement , er within that settlement , and you aim for an appropriate range of social , recreation , and education uses , erm er within the village , so that on the basis of our proposal , as we say in N Y five , you will expect to have a primary school .
5 ‘ So you have the things you need for an overnight stay . ’
6 The main good grains on which we depend for an essential part of our daily diet come from plants belonging to the family of grasses and can not be readily digested until the tough outer shells are broken up and , sometimes , removed .
7 and we either go with the word report or we look for an alternative word or words .
8 We aim for an in-service date in the early years of the next century .
9 Instead , we aim for an optimal solution , achieving the most relevant reports possible in the light of the uncertainties involved in producing them , and the available resources .
10 We have for an ideal solution
11 His collected resolve in front of his officers is assuring his troops ' confidence in his controlled capacity to lead them as they prepare for an impending battle .
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