Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an argument of increasing popularity with government and some of the advisers to government , that since comprehensive schools are widely seen to do worse for their pupils than selective schools in terms of examination results , and since so many people , if they can afford it , are removing their children from the maintained comprehensive sector to independent schools ( which are broadly speaking selective ) a way must be found for government to supply non-comprehensive schools , in the interests of the country as a whole . |
| 2 | In Rannie v Irvine ( 1844 ) 7 Man & G 969 Tindal CJ said " if the contract is reasonable at the time it is entered into , we are not bound to look out for improbable and extravangant contingencies in order to make it void " . |
| 3 | Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Aunty Annie , ‘ but I 'm just going to pop home for my nightie ! ’ |
| 5 | I 'm actually going to go in for it in the Telegraph 's competition , so I may as well use the same team for our one if it gets going . |
| 6 | Readers are then advised to watch out for transfers between balance sheet and p&l account to identify cases where companies have enhanced profits at the expense of their balance sheets . |
| 7 | Staff in Sainsbury stores were also warned to look out for ‘ trolley lifters ’ as shoppers took goods from each other 's baskets after shelves were cleared of food . |
| 8 | But the individual members of Lloyd 's , mostly people who were dabbling way over their head in a subject about which they knew little , were often persuaded to hang on for things to improve . |
| 9 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 10 | FOOTBALL : PSV Eindhoven coach Bobby Robson has had part of his large intestine removed in an operation and is not expected to work again for some weeks . |
| 11 | His manager Frank Maloney added : ‘ Lennox is not going to move over for anyone else . |
| 12 | After the last couple of times , she 's not going to turn up for anything that has my name attached to it . |
| 13 | Despite talk of an IRA ceasefire the public is still urged to look out for suspicious objects |
| 14 | It is also preparing to take off for Safra , to be moved straight into a defensive position by Chinook and Puma support helicopters . |
| 15 | I mean it 's really trying to make up for the differences in the coverage that students coming into the university have had . |
| 16 | ‘ If the church is n't going to stand up for good values , who is ? ’ |
| 17 | If he is consistently having to refer back for support this will not only weaken his standing with the contractor , but it will cause uncertainty and delay to the contract . |
| 18 | The fact that he had once been the President of the Midlands Motor Traders ' Association , and was a director of Harry Greenway plc , was not considered to compensate sufficiently for Sir Ralph Howell . |
| 19 | She had been gone nearly two hours and Sara decided that she was not going to walt up for her . |
| 20 | And for the lunatic fringe of the skinhead movement the swastika was clearly meant to stand again for Nazi ( National Socialist ) . |
| 21 | One was that , since she was on a fool 's errand anyway , she was n't going to dress up for it . |
| 22 | In 1952 Walter Luff should have retired , but was twice persuaded to stay on for another year by the Transport Committee . |
| 23 | It was then seen to pitch up for several seconds and then pitch down with increasing engine noise . |
| 24 | I was almost tempted to strip off for a plunge but sensed , then saw , a figure on the bank above . |