Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drawback is the cost of insisting that everyone goes for the same type of equipment . |
| 2 | Why is it everyone goes for the most difficult car parking spot ? |
| 3 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |
| 4 | ‘ But now Miss Kyte must leave you , or she will have nothing to wear for the occasion . ’ |
| 5 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 6 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 7 | She did have a job with the BBC and someone cared for the child in the day . |
| 8 | ‘ Has someone arranged for a wheelchair ? ’ |
| 9 | The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’ |
| 10 | At this point , someone searching for a simple definition of pragmatics is likely to be exhausted . |
| 11 | Presumably you have worked out the cost of someone caring for the child while you are earning a living . |
| 12 | The special analyst they got for Italia 90 was Docherty , and he was , on the whole , pretty pathetic ( although I was amazed when , during England- Cameroun , he stated that England was playing terribly ; did n't expect this from someone commenting for a TV audience which was solidly pro-England ) . |
| 13 | Or again , considering ( 4 ) , there is no fixed length for turns in conversation , and sometimes one participant holds the floor for some time ; yet although we might call a turn of four minutes part of a conversation , we would consider conversation to have ceased if someone talked for an hour and a half . |
| 14 | I have a hunch about her — she is definitely someone to watch for the future . |
| 15 | The best thing to get richer is like , going round car boot sales , like my mum , she 's so funny , dad said she 's a different woman , she 's just like , cos when Phil and I erm , were engaged , we were trying to save up money , so we , oh and like we 'd sell off all our old stuff , so just give me of money , and then , we got these and my mum was pricing everything up , and she 's going , if someone asks for a discount , do n't , just do n't give it to them , she said , everyone 's going round pricing everything up and erm , when they come to you , they just , they just want things for nothing . |
| 16 | I stood in the gloaming for the longest 30 seconds of my life while someone looked for a light switch . |
| 17 | It 's just like when someone pays for a park bench — they get a little plaque with their name on it , do n't they ? : - ) |
| 18 | Someone sent for the narrator 's father : ‘ My father said : ‘ I 'll come later on tonight : I 'll catch him for you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Did someone ask for a left hand circuit ? ’ she asked her student . |
| 20 | She looked around but could see nothing prepared for the arrival of a baby Maggie seemed to have had no nesting instincts at all . |
| 21 | But nobody cared for the stones he told And he sat all alone of a night Until one day a traveller came in from the cold A sorry and miserable sight . |
| 22 | He must ha , he was looking , somebody looking for a house . |
| 23 | Plenty to do for the young and elderly including windsurfing , sailing , bowls , tennis and horse riding . |
| 24 | And they could find themselves with , you know , somebody asking for a thousand of an item and it 's well worth their while therefore , spending a bit of money getting it there . |
| 25 | Well we thought it was either a rent man or somebody collecting for the council . |
| 26 | for next year cos if somebody asks for a specific training |
| 27 | Nobody spoke for a second . |
| 28 | Nobody spoke for a while . |
| 29 | Nobody spoke for a while , then the Exec Director reopened the discussion . |
| 30 | Nobody spoke for a while and it was Sarah who eventually broke the silence . |