Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The depression of last week had lifted like a fever passing when the patient sleeps or asks for food . |
| 2 | P. He is so much more powerful , and goes for stuff fully . |
| 3 | Obviously , if one particular question is compulsory and has for example a weighting of 1½ then you must allocate 50 per cent more time to this question than to the others . |
| 4 | A Brownie is organised and cares for cleanliness . |
| 5 | Ipswich man of the match Bryn Kerr is tackled and looks for support from flanker James Bisdee . |
| 6 | The Old Town , built in a time of strife , occupies a fairly small area and nestles for protection close to the Castle . |
| 7 | Pupils may well need to look beyond the immediate local area , the further back they go , though starting with an example not too far away can still be useful , and allows for field visits . |
| 8 | Brussels had framed the legislation under a section of the Treaty of Rome which authorises the Commission to aim for the highest possible levels of environmental protection and allows for majority voting in the Council of Ministers when member states are unable to agree . |
| 9 | It improves the hang of curtains , and allows for shrinkage and alterations . |
| 10 | The University also awards a Diploma of Higher Education ( DipHE ) , which is a worthwhile qualification in itself and allows for progression to further studies . |
| 11 | The protestant Christian has too quickly jumped to the conclusion that Catholicism regards the Holy Communion service as a work of salvation whereby the priest offers afresh the offering of Christ and pleads for salvation . |
| 12 | Speaker B stops trying to take turns in the negotiation of topic and waits for speaker A to make it clear how what she is saying has some connection to the existing topic framework . |
| 13 | Ziggurat Stardust : Alex Paterson lies back and waits for lift-off |
| 14 | She sits some way off , and waits for death . |
| 15 | He then moves on to 10 minutes of shadow boxing before Davies dons the hand-pads and waits for pain . |
| 16 | A fall in blood pressure is common in early pregnancy , and accounts for dizziness . |
| 17 | Besides its inherent flexibility — avoiding the need to file prospectuses and accounts for example — the attraction of borrowing in eurobond markets can be related , first , to desire on the part of borrowers to diversify sources of funding and , second , to desire to minimise uncertainty in international contracts by issuing claims denominated in the currency specified by the contract ( e.g. a UK firm issuing eurodollar bonds to finance trade or direct investment in the US ) . |
| 18 | Pete Harvey flies … races … and competes for fun … for him hangliding is more than a sport … more than a hobby … it 's a passion |
| 19 | But Sauvy avoids the self-seeking quagmire of the ‘ creative ’ writers and opts for craft . |
| 20 | The great community spirit has enabled a children 's play park to be established close by the village hall , and more recently a sports field which has a beautiful pavilion and caters for football , cricket , tennis , bowls , and a floodlit area for football training and five-a-side tournaments throughout the winter . |
| 21 | ‘ He works for Spiderglass and asks for danger-money ! ’ |
| 22 | A defendant who admits the whole of the plaintiff 's liquidated claim and asks for time to pay will send direct to the plaintiff a form of admission ( Form N9A on p 524 of the 1991 edition ) which contains a statement of means . |
| 23 | They sign an act whose manager is inexperienced and asks for advice on choosing an agent . |
| 24 | Their claim has even less validity now that BBC Enterprises produces and pays for training videos by itself , with no broadcast element . |
| 25 | The precocious actress , who was 16 at the time , played a young runaway whom Pitt 's character beats up , turns into a junkie and sells for sex . |
| 26 | A proposed Interior Department regulation , to go into effect shortly after the presidential election , effectively takes on board the recent court rulings , and provides for compensation payments to all coal owners affected . |
| 27 | As Kahl has said , education ‘ reinforces the existing status system and provides for movement within it ’ ( Kahl 1970 : 137 ) , but this suggests that it does not change the system . |
| 28 | In the government 's view , such diversity is healthy , accords well with the English and Welsh traditions of school education and makes for liveliness and innovation . ’ |
| 29 | Chronology is broached also by Peter le Huray , who examines Morley 's prescriptions for good composition ( published in 1597 ) , considers the undoubtedly early ‘ Libera me , domine , published in 1575 , and argues for recognition of mature procedures and thus a relatively late dating for the monorhythmic cantus firmus piece ‘ Christus resurgens a mortuis ’ . |
| 30 | It should be emphasized that they were not serious attempts to take her life but cries for help . |