Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The breed was initially dual-purpose , whatever its colour , but for the most part ceded its milking role to the neighbouring Ayrshire ; it has continued as a beef breed but has never been intensively developed for that role . |
| 2 | The sacrifice comes in dying for that valued person or thing . |
| 3 | Look through the books and patterns you have , see what 's available at your local knitting centre , perhaps send for that book you never bought earlier and have a really fun time with the wealth of designs from Iris Bishop or Wendy Phillips or whoever you like best . |
| 4 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 5 | Some of the congregation are not regulars , but they 're none the less welcome for that . |
| 6 | After several public meetings to discuss plann-ing matters the bureaucracy were left confounded , much to the delight of the ratepayers who may have only attended for that reason ! |
| 7 | ‘ Much obliged for that , Albert , ’ said Joe , and explained that he 'd got a guest and how it came about , although he said nothing about the wallet or the men . |
| 8 | Oh thank you sir , I 'm much obliged for that . |
| 9 | [ Richard Long 's ] forms , the marks , the accidental decantations of sensitive strolls , do not possess the ‘ imperfection ’ of the natural , they are the archetypes of human sublimation that deliberately establish a certain landscape counterpoint , a kind of megalithic writing , but their elaboration is so cared for that it tends towards a dialectic not of oppositions but of alliances . |
| 10 | ‘ Not much demand for that sort of business . |
| 11 | You need more volume for a full hall than an empty one , so allow for that when you 're testing — which will probably be in an empty hall . |
| 12 | There would n't be much use for that in the morning . |
| 13 | next week , it would only pay for that one wo n't he ? |
| 14 | You can all bid for that one cos that 's the black art 's gallery and you all need it , so |
| 15 | But it only works for that particular |
| 16 | A representative chosen by the people of a particular constituency should presumably speak for that constituency . |
| 17 | Meg did not think for that — foul wash , the tinker boy ; his thing ; he had roared with laughter — as just or justifiable . |
| 18 | And if we did spent twelve hundred pounds on an aeroplane and came back with fifty million pounds worth of grants , I 'm not apologising for that . |
| 19 | One type of authoritarian rule had been followed by another , not allowing for that kind of unsettling liberalization which is so conducive to uprisings among minorities . |
| 20 | ‘ In some areas we are already competing for that work ’ . |
| 21 | Both Holywood and Instonians use the Olympia synthetic pitch as home venues , which threw up the possibility of the games being played back-to-back on April 24 — but the Centre has been already booked for that date for a Celtic boys football tournament . |
| 22 | The Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1976 is not designed for that purpose and it is dubious whether it could be used in that way . |
| 23 | Because , look at , I 'm not , you know , I 'm not er gon na even talk about the disaster at airport things , you know , the taking off and landing , if you 've got a stadium nearby with a lot of people in it , and one of these disasters happened to happen , I know we 're not looking for that , but if it does , you 're gon na have a stadium full of people if a plane comes down , well , you know . |
| 24 | can you just watch for that lovey cos you 're talking . |
| 25 | Although such will does not defeat the claim of the other spouse under the provisions of the Inheritance ( Provision for Family and Dependants ) Act 1975 , if reasonable provision is not made for that spouse , it might be of " persuasive " use to the court in proceedings under that Act in deciding whether or not to award the surviving spouse a limited interest ( eg until remarriage ) or an absolute interest in the deceased 's share of the matrimonial home . |
| 26 | I tell you there ai n't nothing he would not do for that football club . |
| 27 | Oh I was just looking for that . |
| 28 | That is certainly not the Government 's intention , and the Bill does not provide for that . |
| 29 | and there was about that much bacon on the bacon slice , the rest were fat , I says I 'm not paying for that . |
| 30 | you 're not paying for that are you ? |