Example sentences of "we [vb base] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He relaxed with a happy grunt , and we lay peacefully for a bit longer . |
| 2 | We sit around for a bit , chatting . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | → Of course we apologise unreservedly for the error contained in Tony Iommi 's interview . |
| 5 | We stand there for a second or two . |
| 6 | Each day we look out for the postman — but so far there 's been nothing . |
| 7 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | From the definition C=q/V we get immediately for the capacitance per unit length : |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ You can stay here until we close up for the night , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Okay has anybody else got anything more on that on that subject ? if we go back for a bit and just go back to the |
| 14 | ‘ We go abroad for a week or ten days every year , but I think we have a very simple life compared with many . |
| 15 | Drink 's never been either here or there for me , bar a wee Baileys with my coffee if we go out for a meal and I always buy it in at Christmas , because most women like it . |
| 16 | When they reached the stairs , his voice determinedly reasonable , he asked , ‘ Do you want to return to Ca ’ del Leone to shower and change before we go out for a meal ? ’ |
| 17 | hi er he 's got to go , he 's got his annual medical , it 's a very high-powered erm thing in Dundee on Tuesday , so Anne said that she would like to come up with him , potter about Dundee while he 's having his medical then they will come here on Tuesday evening , or late Tuesday afternoon , and we go out for a meal , and then of course , she 'll be with me all day on Thursday because he goes back up to Dundee to his managers ' meeting , you see . |
| 18 | Hurry up and then we go out for a walk . |
| 19 | ‘ No , thanks , I was going to suggest we zip out for a curry . |
| 20 | ‘ We feel we should fight Mr Butters and let him take on a white elephant while we play elsewhere for a year and maybe we can return to Belle Vue . ’ |
| 21 | His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | At youth level we have also for a number of years sponsored the Scottish Schools National Swimming Championships and the Scottish Schools Badminton Union Competitions . |