Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawyer Mark Scoggins advises some of our biggest insurance companies on workplace liabilities , he believes workers could soon be able to sue for stress damage , costing British firms and their insurers , millions . |
| 2 | Quite a lot of young girls , however , choose not to sue for child maintenance . |
| 3 | IF DODGE City and Tombstone had to wait for movie star-type heroes to save them from the outlaws who were over-running the communities , would they stand by the lawmen if it looked like the bad guys were n't going to stay beat ? |
| 4 | When the kids are really young , it 's no use expecting them to wait for Christmas Day — and two four-month-old Siberian tiger cubs at Howletts animal park , Canterbury , are no exception . |
| 5 | Nell had said she would meet me this Sunday morning in the coffee shop in the Great Hall , and had told me that the crews often went there to wait for train time . |
| 6 | That is , if it can overcome the notion of some Apaches , who reportedly think some provision ought still to remain for Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |
| 7 | In May Maureen registered for war work and was directed to a clerical job in an office near Sarah 's . |
| 8 | The 40-year-old veteran , now competing for London club Haringey , was joined on the rostrum by Bedlington policeman Paul Reed , who took the discus bronze medal with 50.70 metres and silver in the shot with a putt of 15.14 metres . |
| 9 | This period can be seen as almost a power struggle between the K M T and the C C P competing for peasant support , and the policy changes during this period reflect a change from mass mobilization and smashing local maximizing agricultural production . |
| 10 | The new game of competing for world market shares alters the order of importance of the functions of the state . |
| 11 | Why do n't you stay for school lunch instead of sandwiches ? |
| 12 | A big attraction of the West Country for many second home owners is the opportunity it offers for waterside living . |
| 13 | Scots police unite for pay fight |
| 14 | Both of the engines hired previously to the Trust by the DVR Plc are now stopped for boiler work . |
| 15 | Erm , when an application is received for building approval by a District Council , they consult the Fire Authority but there 's no specific obligation on us to give detailed advice . |
| 16 | Meanwhile more than 400 entries have been received for Gateshead Leisure Services Open Meeting at Gateshead International Stadium on Saturday . |
| 17 | Mr Waddington added : ‘ A formal offer of £5m has been received for Acklam Park . |
| 18 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 19 | Why , he asked , should not telephone engineers when canvassing for telephone business also canvas for Electrophone subscribers , when they would be remunerated by a commission from the Electrophone Company ? |
| 20 | This emerges in all its terrifying inexplicability in the fact that the incarnation involves for Jesus humiliation , rejection , and the cross , with the awful cry , ‘ My God , my God , why have you forsaken me ? ’ |
| 21 | How to avoid becoming fat after 30 will be one of the issues addressed by SHE 's food correspondent Janette Marshall , who is also co-author of the bestselling Eat for Life Diet ( Vermilion , £8.99 ) . |
| 22 | Priced £445+VAT , existing users can upgrade for £99+VAT Lotus : Tel.0784 455 445 . |
| 23 | Lennox-Boyd had been in the post for five years and had asked to retire for family business reasons . |
| 24 | Bookies push for evening opening |
| 25 | On Dec. 16 MCC applied for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States code of bankruptcy law and on Dec. 20 the UK High Court placed MCC in administration . |
| 26 | " I applied for school uniform grants for the kids , " said an unemployed woman in Barnsley with three children . |
| 27 | Mr Richardson applied for outline permission to build the chalets after winning approval for a hotel and golf complex at Humbleton . |
| 28 | When I first applied for part time training in September 1984 I was interviewed within two weeks of the birth of my first child . |
| 29 | Mr Baker said many of the 45,000 people who applied for refugee status in Britain last year were bogus . |
| 30 | Poland , Romania and Yugoslavia had all applied for membership as of mid-1991 , while Albania applied for observer status on June 25 , 1991 . |