Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new puppy is very timid with strangers but now she is old enough to go out for walks , we have found she is growling at other dogs . |
| 2 | Jonathan has committed himself to rising early enough to get in for work before 9.00am . |
| 3 | There was a mild stockbuilding boom , probably to make up for dislocations over the winter , and commodity prices took off again . |
| 4 | Germany 's Jewish Council , noting Monday 's anniversary of the Nazis ' 1938 Kristallnacht ( Night of the Shattering Glass ) pogrom , said the Right-wing resurgence obliged Germans more than ever before to stand up for democracy and tolerance . |
| 5 | Some form of processing ( amplifiers ) will be used in a long-distance system to ‘ boost ’ the signal level every so often to make up for losses before it is sent on its way again . |
| 6 | The narrator-hero of Kingsley Amis 's The Green Man ( 1969 ) , in most respects an ordinary chap , has to be persuaded by his wife even to drop in for family meals . |
| 7 | The object is to train a bird to fly free , but then to come back for food . |
| 8 | WELL and truly ramped , the Tokyo stockmarket is about to shut down for Japan 's annual Golden Week holiday . |
| 9 | He had been asked specifically to look out for prostitutes in the back lanes near Sandyford Place . |