Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tend to look out for Parmas result , but I support Leeds . |
| 2 | I want to go out for lunch . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 4 | She come off the phone and she said , bloody hell she said that one of the rare times I go to the trouble of making myself butties for dinner , cos usually she gets a pasty or something , and I get invited out for dinner , you this Viv er , a friend of hers , you know the one that was having trouble with all that drainage underneath the |
| 5 | I decide to go out for cigarettes ; a short walk will do me good . |
| 6 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 7 | I was born here and I try to stick up for Britain — but things are bad . ’ |
| 8 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’ |
| 10 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 11 | Daisy was about to say ‘ by women ’ , but hastily changed it to ‘ by members of the congregation as I was leaving , and I had to get back for Ethel 's heart . ’ |
| 12 | Aye , because I 've , I 've gone on for weeks with it , you |
| 13 | I said brazenly , ‘ I 've come back for tea , after all . ’ |
| 14 | No I 've come in for physio actually . |
| 15 | I felt like saying , I 've got a bloody big pile of rubbish here that I have to go over so I 've put in for overtime . |
| 16 | One evening , as they worked happily together , feeding and attending to the livestock , George said , ‘ I 'll just take a walk along the beck before we settle down , and check those sheep I 've brought down for lambing . ’ |
| 17 | The tank is large one — 56″ × 15″ × 36 ’ , but the Oscar has killed everything I have put in for company — even after going to great lengths to see if they 'll get on . |