Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We apologise unreservedly for the offence caused by the reported remarks and give every assurance that we will continue to work positively with the community . ’ |
| 2 | → Of course we apologise unreservedly for the error contained in Tony Iommi 's interview . |
| 3 | Glumly we headed Islingtonwards for the ritual finger-wagging and fine . |
| 4 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 5 | We lined up for the final with the usual American din coming from the stands . |
| 6 | At Myitkyina we camped out for the night in a mission schoolroom and early next morning managed to get a lift out to the airstrip two miles away . |
| 7 | I do n't know how much pressure we put on for the police to get off their butts and do something . |
| 8 | Each day we look out for the postman — but so far there 's been nothing . |
| 9 | We walked out for the victory ceremony and stood behind the plinth . |
| 10 | Following the recent and much-lamented demolition of the Firestone Factory by Trafalgar House , we pressed successfully for the listing of the School of Music . |
| 11 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 12 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 13 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
| 14 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 15 | She wanted a child , so we signed up for the eugenics lottery . |
| 16 | One particular incident which sticks in my mind which brought home to me how ill he was occurred when my mother sent me one morning to ask my father what he wanted for breakfast , to which he replied in a very vague and confused manner " hen mush " ( the term we gave to the vegetable matter we cooked up for the chickens ) . |
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| 18 | We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable . |
| 19 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 20 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
| 21 | We grieve also for the loss of an ideal or a belief , for changes in our body , a place we had to leave , an animal companion , even an illusion . |
| 22 | And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement . |
| 23 | As we trooped in for the service , the sun caught it and , for a moment , I had a virion of what it must have really looked like , all those years ago , when they nailed poor old JC up before the people , one bright day in palestine . |
| 24 | ‘ You can stay here until we close up for the night , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 26 | So they 've kept that tradition so we go there for the colours , and they provide a palette each year , er that 's the ninety one ninety two . |
| 27 | And we went there for the Christmas one did n't we ? |
| 28 | I , I , mean we had erm , we went out for the day and they give us it was sandwiches |
| 29 | Taiwan is one of the most Westernised countries in this region , and our last few surveys have shown that we 're attracting an extensive local listenership now , covering an age-group ranging from mid-teens to late thirties , so we want to ditch a lingering perception that we exist solely for the benefit of non-nationals . |
| 30 | At 7.30 am we paraded outside for the Sergeant-Major , shivering at attention . |