Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are happy to support local schemes which wo n't worsen our mainstream business , and while hitherto we 've waited for passenger executives or consortiums to come to us with a proposal , we might in the future consider taking more initiative . ’ |
| 2 | Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign . |
| 3 | Gulls picked at the mudbanks where once he 'd searched for jewellery . |
| 4 | Ministers will clash over how far they intend to pay for capital spending projects by freezing the pay of public sector workers like teachers , nurses and doctors , or limiting rises to two per cent . |
| 5 | They had smoked him out and now he had run for home in High Wood . |
| 6 | Now he 's come for advice to his local stockbrokers . |
| 7 | Bob Cratchit , now married with three children , is on such low pay that every so often he considers applying for family income supplement to help out his hard-pressed family . |
| 8 | We can reveal exclusively that when Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were in London a few weeks ago they went shopping for baby clothes . |
| 9 | It helps to avoid potential conflicts of interest , but equally it has pitched for business against its parent — and won . |
| 10 | As I say I think I 'll sum up and have a vote , and then I intend to break for lunch on conclusion of this item . |
| 11 | Sometimes I went trolling for lythe with rubber eels , or fly fishing for saithe and mackerel in the clear water around the rocks . |
| 12 | So we paid that because they wanted and then we had to pay for stock . |
| 13 | Briefly he considered making for Belpan City and Caspar at the US Embassy but there was no certainty of the DEA Agent being there , and Louis would have men covering the city docks in case any of the Government returned from electioneering out on the Keys — that much was certain . |
| 14 | Afterwards I continue to argue for rugby , feeling ever more like the devil 's advocate . |