Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suzanne left school eight months ago to look for a job . |
| 2 | I inquired after my brother , Max , who had finally agreed a few months ago to work for Dad 's firm , and I established that he was in Paris for a few more days . |
| 3 | Other European countries will need to start raising taxes sooner to pay for their old people . |
| 4 | This is also the venue for the annual Howden Agricultural Show , which every year brings friends and visitors together to revel for two days in the old-fashioned atmosphere of an English country fair . |
| 5 | If there are special political reasons then their use is justified to the extent that it enables individuals better to act for the ordinary reasons which apply to them . |
| 6 | These policies have , in many cases , been taken out by individuals on low incomes merely to provide for the cost of funeral expenses . |
| 7 | Will he pass on the thanks of those of us who went to see the Prime Minister two weeks ago to ask for his help in the matter ? |
| 8 | My expectations when I approached David Robinson of Sobstad Sailmakers two years ago to ask for his suggestions for a new No1 genoa , was that any more modern cut of sail , such as a tri-radial , would be considerably more expensive . |
| 9 | St Helena Hospice opened in Colchester eight years ago to care for the terminally ill and their families from the North East Essex area . |
| 10 | Christians fast to prepare for a feast ; the modern world feasts and then queasily goes on a diet . |
| 11 | One of the highest-ranking Mafia figures ever to testify for the authorities , Gravano claimed to having participated in 19 murders , and insisted that those committed during the last 10 years had been on the orders of Gotti . |
| 12 | Retailers were confident that they could trust such customers implicitly to pay for the goods they took away or had delivered . |
| 13 | Above all , it will reduce tit-for-tat politics and introduce much greater stability into government , allowing individuals and businesses alike to plan for their future with confidence . |
| 14 | I kept the key safe , Father Herluin , but never had time to toss the coffer into the bushes , before I was flung there myself , winded among the brambles , and scratches enough to show for it . |
| 15 | Organization : There is a Committee of Ministers ( consisting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of all member states ) which decides with binding effect all matters of internal organization , makes recommendations to governments and may also draw up conventions and agreements ; a Parliamentary Assembly of 170 members who are elected or appointed by their national parliaments from among the members thereof to speak for public opinion , not to represent their governments ; and a Secretariat , the current Secretary-General being Catherine Lalumiere ( since May 1989-ibid . ) . |
| 16 | At first he had tried to look at the newspapers regularly to search for job vacancies and had sent application forms to prospective employers . |
| 17 | And Singh ( 1977 ) , who has been an important protagonist in the debate over deindustrialization , defines it in terms of the economy 's ability to sell enough of its products abroad to pay for the nation 's import requirements , and to do these things while maintaining ‘ socially acceptable levels of output , employment and the exchange rate ’ ( p. 125 ) . |
| 18 | But then those Bronze Age farmers , who 'd worked so long and hard to build the mound , leaving their work in the fields so to do for some unknown reason , avoided going near again . |
| 19 | More drama was to come in May 1925 , when Chapman signed Alex Jackson , the Aberdeen winger , at nineteen one of the youngest internationals ever to appear for Scotland . |
| 20 | Lawyers acting for the 14 nuns are due to see a judge in chambers today to ask for a judicial review which would effectively prevent ministry officials carrying out the slaughter at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery near Daventry . |
| 21 | Matthew , who must run 11 seconds faster to qualify for the English Schools Championships , said : ‘ It was very windy , especially on the back straight . ’ |
| 22 | Subject to obtaining a magistrate 's warrant , police officers may also enter premises forcibly to look for evidence of a serious arrestable offence ( ranging from murder and rape to any act which has led or might lead to public disorder , or , vaguer still , acts which might interfere with the effective administration of justice ) . |