Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pure showbiz , and I noted for later that Allan 's shorts , which were similar to those that some Americans and Italians were wearing , had played a not inconsiderable part . |
| 2 | I await for better selections and performance in the autumn from the so-called ‘ heirs apparent ’ to the Webb Ellis Trophy . |
| 3 | I look for better ways of doing things |
| 4 | I told him I loved him because he 's the partner I chose for better or worse . |
| 5 | WHERE DO I GO FOR FURTHER HELP OR ADVICE REGARDING THREADWORMS ? |
| 6 | I cried for madder music and for stronger wine , |
| 7 | I waited for further transmissions . |
| 8 | I waited for further explanation and none came . |
| 9 | I realise the importance of such matters in Scotland , but may I ask for crisper questions ? |
| 10 | I find it important that the ‘ ceiling ’ of the cave should be reasonably low and the entrance small , for which reason I usually use broken pots which make for smaller caves . |
| 11 | Some have wide spools which make for longer casting . |
| 12 | In line with the terms of the agreement the government announced a supplementary budget on April 2 , which provided for further tax cuts and increases in the subsidies on agricultural produce and house building . |
| 13 | These depositors were less likely to make sudden substantial withdrawals , which allowed for lower cash reserves : profit without risk , especially since lendings were usually secured on land mortgage . |
| 14 | It is more of a denial of another answer , the facile solution to our present problems which calls for greater sums to be spent on social services in order to provide a world free from crime , disease and ignorance . |
| 15 | Is it not true that the choice for the British people is between our party , which calls for lower taxes and greater spending by the people , and the Labour party , which wants to take people 's money and spend it itself ? |
| 16 | It is the combination of crisis and hard-won achievement on the one hand and the probability of lost opportunities on the other , which calls for further comment . |
| 17 | The incommodiousness of Scotch windows keeps them very closely shut … even in houses well built and elegantly furnished , a stranger may be sometimes forgiven if he allows himself to wish for fresher air . ’ |
| 18 | By tradition , we are tucked away in remote corners of the newspaper buildings so that sensitives and high-minded types are spared the expected loutish behaviour and visceral exchanges which pass for banter . |
| 19 | There was a working-class element , centred on the Shankill Road , West Belfast , which was suspicious of the élite nature of the Unionist Party 's leadership and which campaigned for higher wages , better housing conditions , and various welfare provisions . |
| 20 | Considerable efforts were made to fill the gaps which existed for earlier decades , notably by the acquisition of a large collection of Richelieu 's papers in 1705 , while in 1710 Torcy had most of the archive moved from Versailles , where it had hitherto been , to the Louvre ( the papers covering the years since 1698 remained at Versailles to be used in the daily business of the ministry ) . |
| 21 | This in turn produced a sharper contrast than in 1980–1 between ( a ) responses which emphasized the need to strengthen and buttress the role of the police , and ( b ) responses which called for greater emphasis on the rejuvenation of the social and economic fabric of the inner cities . |
| 22 | Support those organisations which argue for better controls over pesticides . |
| 23 | The Legal Action Group , which campaigns for better legal services , has threatened to report the society to the Advertising Standards Authority for actively misleading the public . |
| 24 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on the Bill , which provides for tougher action against prisoners who wish to carry out their war against society after conviction and sentence from within — or worse , outside — the prison to which they have been sentenced . |
| 25 | Some cathedrals now follow a lectionary which provides for shorter excerpts from the Psalter and have been affected by the liturgical changes of the recent past . |
| 26 | Sometime after , the Society for Psychical Research was founded in 1882 and Mr Kendal sent details of the North Road Station incident to the President , Prof Sidgwick , who asked for further details of Durham 's bodily state on the eventful night . |
| 27 | ‘ She plays for higher stakes than the ones you can offer . ’ |
| 28 | So , at Royal Insurance we decided to develop a NEW high quality home CONTENTS insurance policy especially for the over 50s who qualify for lower insurance premiums . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like that dance you asked for earlier . ’ |
| 30 | But in the end , even she could delay it no longer and reluctantly , she headed for Lower Axe . |