Example sentences of "[vb base] for [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We cry for it in the night , for this perfect union . |
| 2 | Will serving dishes , cutlery , table linen be kept in the kitchen or is there space for them near the dining table ? |
| 3 | We make them at just under a pound but what the record companies charge for them in the shops is up to them |
| 4 | Take Nosey and the spare horse , then wait for me at the crossroads . |
| 5 | After that , wait for me at the corner of the street . ’ |
| 6 | Wait for me in the office . |
| 7 | So the black-backed gulls wait for them in the air in front of the cliffs , wheeling and circling on the up-draught created as the wind , blowing in from the sea , is deflected upwards . |
| 8 | Participants of the ladder league are also invited to enter the special k.o. competitions run for them throughout the year . |
| 9 | We would alert Australia … look for him round the world . |
| 10 | Listen for them on radio and television and look for them in the newspaper . |
| 11 | ’ The criminals look for you amid the filth and decadence of this world , . |
| 12 | Having found the appropriate class number from the card , look for it in the subject or classified catalogue and flick through the cards of that particular number . |
| 13 | Look for it in the carpentry section . |
| 14 | Managerial autonomy has been fostered by the growth of public sector commercialism based on the principle of allowing managements to operate freely within the framework of targets set for them by the state , and on the promotion of an ‘ entrepreneurial ’ approach to the management of the railways . |
| 15 | You should have told him that we pay for it by the gallon not by the year ! |
| 16 | Sometimes I 'm rather greedy and I do eat more than I should , and then you pay for it in the end . |
| 17 | ‘ They were on the look-out for a female DJ so everyone was very up for me from the word go . |
| 18 | ‘ In the one-day game you have to be positive and go for it from the word go . |
| 19 | Call for me at the rectory , why do n't yer ? |
| 20 | That , that 's her main , she used to sort of look after things and baby-sit for us in the evenings . |
| 21 | But surely there should have been more help for him at the beginning , when he first found out he carried the virus . |
| 22 | ‘ But it means you work for me for the rest of your life to pay me back . ’ |
| 23 | If you are successful there will be much work for you in the future . ’ |
| 24 | - Margaret Thatcher ‘ I would ask you to reserve any demonstration of support and affection which I know we all have for her until the end of her address . ’ |
| 25 | Just a reminder of that er quiz competition we have for you at the moment , we 're giving away a Superbike video and the quiz question for you is about motorbike riders and we want you identify the nationality of these three riders please , Michael is rider A , Randy is rider B and is rider C. |
| 26 | ‘ She lives with my parents ; they care for her round the clock . |
| 27 | As I search for it on the pavement , one of the girls says , ‘ Look at the yid licking the gutters for pennies . ’ |