Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vial did not apparently introduce for some time any regular system of instruction which would have concentrated the labours of the students . |
| 2 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 3 | He decided that he was never likely to do even as well as they and that he had better look for another career , which eventually he found successfully in the world of travel . |
| 4 | ‘ I had better ring for another cover to be laid . ’ |
| 5 | The time spent in acquiring a skill will obviously vary for each student . |
| 6 | Mr Jarvis says he 's delighted with the coursework pupils have produced on the film , but that the scheme can only continue for another couple of years . |
| 7 | A representative chosen by the people of a particular constituency should presumably speak for that constituency . |
| 8 | The sooner an agreement is notified the longer the period of protection from fines is likely to be , since such protection does not exist for any period of operation of an agreement prior to notification . |
| 9 | No I will not want for this company again . |
| 10 | The first three also damage stratospheric ozone , while ozone produced in the troposphere does not compensate for this loss , but in fact behaves as another greenhouse gas . |
| 11 | If lost , the ferret can not survive for any length of time . |
| 12 | But we shall not know for some time yet . |
| 13 | Gifts made within three years of death do not qualify for any relief and the tax will have to be paid in full . |
| 14 | This , however , is a misleading picture because many unemployed married women do not register with the employment exchanges because they do not qualify for any benefit . |
| 15 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 16 | Sesostris did not speak for some time . |
| 17 | can you just watch for that lovey cos you 're talking . |
| 18 | I tell you there ai n't nothing he would not do for that football club . |
| 19 | It would not do for some occupant of the house to look out of the window and actually see one walking across the lawn . |
| 20 | ‘ So why did n't you just look for another job , instead of involving yourself in such a risky undertaking ? ’ |
| 21 | The opportunities of individual patronage may have been reduced , but few major writers from the time of Gay and Swift to that of George Crabbe did not look for such patronage or shape some composition toward the expectations of a patron . |
| 22 | However , dissolution does not occur for some time and the excellent tissue reactions of the hydroxyapatite coatings have a very positive role . |
| 23 | While on sick leave , you must not work for another employer and should not engage in activities which your illness would normally prevent and which could therefore raise doubts about the nature of your illness . |
| 24 | The foreman of the drilling crew said they would not work for any company that is in dispute with the local people . |
| 25 | Natural selection does not select for any kind of qualitative improvement . |
| 26 | Ideally , they do not wish for any interaction at all with the other kinds of superhuman beings . |
| 27 | First , it was not an annual report but a one-off ; secondly , it did not call for more funding — |
| 28 | Please note that West Somerset Railway Association members ' concessions do not apply for this event , and tickets do not give free travel . |
| 29 | In 1990 and 1991 , it did not apply for any money from the top slice programme — for enveloping , for group repair and area renewal , for the homelessness reserve , for the reserve for private or defective dwellings or for priority estates . |
| 30 | Physical miracles may not happen for each person but I felt miracles can happen within everyone . |