Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , we 're getting them to go for a hundred , which sounds a lot , but the ground 's quite variable so , you know , some of it is really good planting land and some of it is n't , so , you know , it 'll be up to the teams to go for as many as they can . |
| 2 | The drawback is the cost of insisting that everyone goes for the same type of equipment . |
| 3 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 4 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 5 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 6 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 7 | And in the fourth year I tend to do them an evaluation sheet , where I write down lots of questions about the project they have just done , and maybe get them to sit for a double lesson and write about the things they experienced and found out … |
| 8 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 9 | The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . |
| 10 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 11 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |
| 12 | Do n't overfeed them to compensate for the fasting stage . |
| 13 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 14 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 15 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 16 | Cooking procedures : most of the meals do not need cooking , just add hot water and leave them to stand for a few minutes . |
| 17 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 18 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 19 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 20 | With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education . |
| 21 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 22 | ‘ Nor was I hinting for a guided tour . |
| 23 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 25 | I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark . |
| 26 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 27 | I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket . |
| 28 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 29 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 30 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |