Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poverty , he defined as ‘ having no surplus ’ , i.e. having the bare essentials much of the time , but nothing to spare to provide for a crisis such as unemployment , sickness or death in the family . |
| 2 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 3 | Everyone has left for the weekend . |
| 4 | Not everyone wants to pay for the highest level of service available , so clients can select the level of service they require . |
| 5 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 6 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 7 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 8 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 9 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
| 10 | Er , I got paid , I got paid for the disabled games last year |
| 11 | All it needed was someone to go looking for the jack , find their hands curling round them and start asking why … |
| 12 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 13 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
| 14 | Above all I would like to thank the sector for your friendship and warm support , and I have every confidence that Sir Jeffrey , my successor , I assume that resolution two will go through unan , unanimously , will be car , will be able to carry forward with your warm support , the vision I tried to outline for the next year . |
| 15 | I tried to apply for a credit card , but they refused me . |
| 16 | I must have mentioned how expensive my activities were becoming , because Suzy suggested that I tried applying for a grant . |
| 17 | I moved to look for the girl . |
| 18 | Applications are usually expensive , often costing several hundred pounds ; after all , someone has to pay for the advertising and the glossy box . |
| 19 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 20 | I wan , I want to la , I want to live for a bit longer . |
| 21 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
| 22 | That 's probably why I want to go for a dump now . |
| 23 | Heinzer , the Mister Nice of the Swiss Team , exploiting an avowed intent to turn Mister Ugly — ‘ I want to go for the big wins ’ — won the first race . |
| 24 | ‘ Four wins from nine games would probably earn us a play-off place but I want to go for the No.2 spot . |
| 25 | I want to push for a win if I can . ’ |
| 26 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
| 27 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't want a complacent little doll that I can manipulate , ’ he said strangely , ‘ I want to fight for every damned caress — and I think I 'm going insane . |
| 29 | ‘ I want to fight for the world title and to do it against a fellow Brit would be just great . |
| 30 | I want to consider for a moment the true price of coal . |