Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In competition it is to my advantage to feel for others as little as possible , an advantage which outweighs my dread of a growing isolation . |
| 2 | And that tuned in well with my inclinations to look for formal qualities and make more or less abstract patterns out of nature . |
| 3 | I seek leave this morning to hold my recommendation to adopt for a day as per Bungay bypass , tending member discussions which need to be held with representatives from both Suffolk County Council and Norfolk County Council . |
| 4 | Craned my neck to look for a way up to the high high bridge , saw a rocky overgrown path over the other side of the road . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm right at the peak of my career now , and it 's my ambition to go for the ‘ grand slam ’ , ’ said Gunnell , after winning the 400m , her first race in Britain for five months . |
| 6 | These words of Monsignor Guardini , written nearly thirty years after my early musings , expressed a growing need in my thinking to account for the Buddha in the providence of God . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Lockwood , ’ he said finally , brushing a tear from his eye , ‘ you can go into my bedroom to sleep for the rest of the night . |
| 8 | ‘ So I went through my phrase-book to search for something like ‘ Shut up ’ . |
| 9 | I was frequently called out of my classes to interpret for him , and it began to be assumed that he would never talk at all . |
| 10 | ‘ Had to go and leave my dandelions to look for you , now they 've all gone to sleep . ’ |
| 11 | And life was even tougher when I had to give up my job to care for Gran — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't dream of giving up my job to work for you ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I had to sell my share in Moffat Engineering , which lost me my chance to drive for them that year … ’ |
| 14 | I 'm getting so I ask my wife to account for her movements during the time the butler was killed . ’ |
| 15 | I could n't possibly allow my wife to work for men who ca n't keep their minds on the job and their hands to themselves . ’ |
| 16 | It would also be my advice to arrange for several quotations for the finance . |
| 17 | In that case I have my cheque-book to pay for accommodation . ’ |
| 18 | But since my brother 's death it has been my duty to care for my two nieces . |
| 19 | So it was just My mother used to see me across the road with my shilling to pay for my pinny . |
| 20 | I suppose I was on my way to call for Millie , but I walk on past the house instead , obscurely ashamed to have caught her father unawares . |
| 21 | For example , the Oracle might say , ‘ I could see in the stars that the Feast would take in the foolish , I told my master to prepare for a great revenge ’ , and then have the Oracle tell the adventurers the story of the Poison Feast from the Drachenfels novel in full , if the players have n't read that book . |
| 22 | It was still my task to fight for the present , although that task was becoming less appropriate daily , and to maintain the status quo which I had made for myself , and which was the only place where I belonged . |
| 23 | ‘ But it is a relief for me and my family to grieve for our loss . ’ |
| 24 | er , first of all I would put it to my divisional board to my colleagues to ask for their thoughts and their advice erm , if they rejected it then it would n't go any further , if they approved it then it , because it was a budgetary item rather than just we can go out and spend it tomorrow , it was going into the following years budget , it would then go to the P L C board and they would have final say in whether that element should go into the , into next years budget |
| 25 | The buyout team have mortgaged their possessions to pay for the company . |
| 26 | Abel Goumba of the Front patriotique oubanguien — Parti du travail said that the " regime appears to be using stalling tactics to push it back as far as possible " and that the opposition would increase its activities to press for the conference to be convened earlier . |
| 27 | The advantages to be gained from effective planning and forecasting , and a company willingness to adapt to changing circumstances , stems from three main factors ; as follows : a ) The making of forecasts , and their eventual review , forces managers to think ahead , to look to the future , and to use their experience to provide for it . |
| 28 | The two universities in Northern Ireland are pooling their expertise to look for solutions to the crisis . |
| 29 | Travel and feature writers from all over the world had stayed in Crystal Springs , going back to their desks to write for the Most part glowing reports . |
| 30 | However , there are two groups of women whose marital status can put them at risk of poverty in old age because of their inability to qualify for dependants ' benefits . |