Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't find one , so had to settle for an orange juice . |
| 2 | Milwall just caught sleeping for a moment can get a good ball in for here and Hendry it 's an own goal . |
| 3 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 4 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 5 | He overbore Neville Chamberlain and the others who still wanted to ride for a fall on a bold safeguarding policy . |
| 6 | He also appeared to call for a referendum on Maastricht — against Government policy . |
| 7 | I also wanted to work for a firm with work under the legal aid scheme . ’ |
| 8 | Jenny did not reappear and Sara began to think that she really had gone for a walk . |
| 9 | Yet morale in the European shops was never as high as in their UK counterparts and they often had to beg for a booster visit from their patrons . |
| 10 | Undeterred by the Challenge 's ‘ toughest ever ’ billing , she immediately decided to apply for a place . |
| 11 | On being told about this Guntram followed the dragon 's route and discovered some treasure , which he originally determined to send to Jerusalem , but then decided to use for a ciborium for the church of St Marcel at Chalon . |
| 12 | A patronising merchant banker playing for The Nortons , whom the Captain dearly wanted to dismiss for a duck , scored 112 , and his team declared at 204 for 6 . |
| 13 | The landlords of this period often had a bond of sympathy with their tenants in that they too had to struggle for a living , and that their living conditions , especially in the tenth and early eleventh centuries , were not widely different . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , it was fun , ’ she answered huskily , ‘ but I never wanted to act for a living — ’ |