Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 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 " .
2 Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish .
8 His manager Frank Maloney added : ‘ Lennox is not going to move over for anyone else .
9 After the last couple of times , she 's not going to turn up for anything that has my name attached to it .
10 Despite talk of an IRA ceasefire the public is still urged to look out for suspicious objects
11 It is also preparing to take off for Safra , to be moved straight into a defensive position by Chinook and Puma support helicopters .
12 I mean it 's really trying to make up for the differences in the coverage that students coming into the university have had .
13 ‘ If the church is n't going to stand up for good values , who is ? ’
14 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 .
15 She had been gone nearly two hours and Sara decided that she was not going to walt up for her .
16 One was that , since she was on a fool 's errand anyway , she was n't going to dress up for it .
17 In 1952 Walter Luff should have retired , but was twice persuaded to stay on for another year by the Transport Committee .
18 It was then seen to pitch up for several seconds and then pitch down with increasing engine noise .
19 I was almost tempted to strip off for a plunge but sensed , then saw , a figure on the bank above .
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