Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 2 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 3 | He overbore Neville Chamberlain and the others who still wanted to ride for a fall on a bold safeguarding policy . |
| 4 | He also appeared to call for a referendum on Maastricht — against Government policy . |
| 5 | I also wanted to work for a firm with work under the legal aid scheme . ’ |
| 6 | Largo Caballero , the anarchists ' habitual enemy , now began to call for a ‘ Workers ’ Alliance' embracing the Socialists , the CNT , the small Spanish Communist Party and the rest of the working-class left . |
| 7 | Yet morale in the European shops was never as high as in their UK counterparts and they often had to beg for a booster visit from their patrons . |
| 8 | Undeterred by the Challenge 's ‘ toughest ever ’ billing , she immediately decided to apply for a place . |
| 9 | On being told about this Guntram followed the dragon 's route and discovered some treasure , which he originally determined to send to Jerusalem , but then decided to use for a ciborium for the church of St Marcel at Chalon . |
| 10 | The Lancashire skipper then had to wait for a tense two minute trial by television to decide whether he could continue his burgeoning innings . |
| 11 | She married a colleague who then left to work for a rival firm . |
| 12 | A patronising merchant banker playing for The Nortons , whom the Captain dearly wanted to dismiss for a duck , scored 112 , and his team declared at 204 for 6 . |
| 13 | Although she had n't expected to , she actually managed to sleep for a few hours that night . |
| 14 | The landlords of this period often had a bond of sympathy with their tenants in that they too had to struggle for a living , and that their living conditions , especially in the tenth and early eleventh centuries , were not widely different . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , it was fun , ’ she answered huskily , ‘ but I never wanted to act for a living — ’ |