Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick was there first and climbed onto the tailboard to pull out for the rogue two of Paddy 's cans ( a fact which Paddy was slow to forget ) . |
| 2 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 3 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 4 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |
| 5 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 6 | Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves . |
| 7 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 8 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 9 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 11 | Number eight Dave Cook provided excellent support and it was his pass to Steve Glen that allowed the scrum-half to scamper over for the score . |
| 12 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 13 | Then she went out into the garden to walk around for a while and before she was aware of her own movements , found herself moving briskly , almost running , up the green slope to the sea . |
| 14 | The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described . |
| 15 | SUMMER nights are very short and not the right time of the year to look out for the stars . |
| 16 | It is just asking the public to sign up for a Barton by-pass . |
| 17 | This is the time to make up for the imprecision of the life story in Step 1 . |