Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if they failed to arrange for a minor repair in the science labs and a pupil was hurt as a result , they might be guilty of a safety offence . |
| 2 | They took the lead courtesy of Trevor Smith 's sixth goal of the season but were pegged back by an equaliser from Johnny Jameson who failed to appear for the second half . |
| 3 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 4 | The car 's hydraulics soughed as they tried to compensate for the sudden shift of the bubble but against that gale they were all but useless , and the bubble-canopy clanged on the car 's shell . |
| 5 | William Joyce did the same , without such assistance , and entered his name for Battersea Polytechnic , where he proposed to study for the intermediate examination of the London University BSc degree . |
| 6 | He tried to relax for the first time . |
| 7 | Above all I would like to thank the sector for your friendship and warm support , and I have every confidence that Sir Jeffrey , my successor , I assume that resolution two will go through unan , unanimously , will be car , will be able to carry forward with your warm support , the vision I tried to outline for the next year . |
| 8 | Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ? |
| 9 | After 1760 , with the acceleration in turnpike trust formation and the advent of the canal age , investment in transport came to account for a substantial fraction of total capital investment in Britain . |
| 10 | The phone seemed to ring for a long time . |
| 11 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 12 | He happened to work for the same paper which stitched Botham up some eight years ago . |
| 13 | When on two occasions Ewen turned to make for the open sea , Neil , increasing our speed slightly , held on to what looked like a collision course . |
| 14 | Planning issues would also be important and DEW planned to press for a green belt around Darlington . |
| 15 | how long the employment was going to last in the absence of sickness ( a short-term contract is more likely to be frustrated than a job expected to last for the foreseeable future ) ; |
| 16 | He treated Vial leniently in his committee 's report , but failed to press for the early appointment of the necessary second professor . |
| 17 | Oldfield himself asked Branson to carry on as his manager , which Branson agreed to do for a new rate — Oldfield would pay him one barrel of beer a year . |
| 18 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 19 | Here they also found the values of the market place , which stressed personal independence and self-gratification , and began to search for a sexual fulfilment which , Shorter . |
| 20 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 21 | Another , less known , effect of the tail rotor is that it requires a lateral cyclic trim offset to compensate for the sideways push which it applies ( Fig. 5.10 ) . |
| 22 | I was involved in opposing the Vietnam War , began to write for a left newspaper , Black Dwarf and became part of the beginnings of the women 's liberation movement . |
| 23 | In 1828 he began to write for the fledgling Record newspaper and subsequently became its chief proprietor and the dominant influence on editorial policy for half a century . |
| 24 | Both cold and hyaluronidase treatment can activate unfertilized eggs so eggs must be kept warm and exposed to hyaluronidase for the minimum length of time . |
| 25 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 26 | The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose , and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate . |
| 27 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 28 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 29 | Perhaps most disturbing from the point of view of the central authorities , the party organisations in the three republics , particularly in Lithuania , began to press for a greater degree of independence , establishing direct links with outside ruling parties and adopting their own programme and statute , within or if necessary outside the framework of the CPSU as a whole . |
| 30 | Labourers began to scramble for the available employment ; unemployment increased ; while labourers still continued to anticipate marriage . |