Example sentences of "[adv] for [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both also joined the League of Nations Union , lecturing widely for it on world peace ; and in 1922 they toured Europe to investigate postwar conditions . |
| 2 | That was every Christmas there was a party of some sort put on for us at school . |
| 3 | The first was an ace , the second opened up in court well enough for him to steam in and put away a brilliant backhand volley . |
| 4 | ‘ While you are waiting for God to write it down for you in capital letters , ’ Anna had shouted finally , exasperated out of all diplomacy , ‘ I shall decide for you both . |
| 5 | I 'll come down for it after lunch . |
| 6 | I 've rather doubt that he might not be and , and then Bert er , has very kindly said that he would erm , stand in for him to second this resolution . |
| 7 | He thought with envy of the young locum doctor standing in for him at home , seeing his patients at this very moment , and then he thought of his ex-wife , and his ex-cat , which used to sleep on their bed , and then with interest and longing of flukes , the flukes of absorption that can at least put the unforgettable at some merciful remove . |
| 8 | You know she went straight in for it without sort of seeing how well |
| 9 | Did he go in for it from school ? |
| 10 | The latter is a very slow growing starter and is happier without peat at planting time — in fact , it grows best for me in builder 's rubble and when it does get going soon catches up on lost time . |
| 11 | Anne , waiting downstairs for him with coffee and sandwiches on a tray , wanted to talk about the find at Wyvis Hall . |
| 12 | So it 's not for me to sort of sit quietly and listen to , record other people , so it 's my conversation they want . |
| 13 | Simply turn the page for the exercises we 've chosen specially for you from Massage for Total Relaxation — and then face the world with a new sense of inner calm . |
| 14 | He wanted us to open up for them on tour , and I said , ‘ No , that 's not what we 're into ’ . |
| 15 | But Morse was consulting the Paddington-Oxford timetable which Lewis had picked up for him from Reception , and was nodding to himself as he noted that the 13.30 arrived at Oxford 14.57 , just as Kemp had claimed . |
| 16 | So on the days when I lead the Micks on Mounting Guards , I do n't get breakfast , I just make up for it at lunch . |
| 17 | Several factories in Northamptonshire , anticipating the drift to the County Ground for the mid-week game , closed down for the day , but in Northampton itself factory workers were allowed the afternoon off only if they made up for it in overtime . |
| 18 | Besides , Priscilla 's probably got some man lined up for you as dinner partner . ’ |
| 19 | Her life was mapped out for her by providence , she told herself firmly . |
| 20 | Watch out for them in Formula One this season , they are the new boys , but everybody 's a little bit windy about them . |
| 21 | So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know . |
| 22 | I itemise below the categories of work we could carry out for you in relation to establishing and developing the early stages of your group 's development programme , together with fee estimates . |
| 23 | Terry was still making League appearances for us in 1968–69 when Palace again gained promotion , this time to the elite of the 1st Division but , to his disappointment and the chagrin of all Palace followers , he was never able to turn out for us in Division One . |
| 24 | After that , look out for it in department stores nationwide . |
| 25 | I 'll get it all back for you with interest . ’ |
| 26 | Took my letter off me said she 'll come back for it at dinner time because she wanted my bag , I mean like well I , I had n't said that . |
| 27 | Postmodern collage and montage would function then for him as allegory in the most effective work of Dada , Russian constructivism , and surrealism . |
| 28 | And who would be there for her at Casa Pinar where she had loved so desperately and lost so painfully ? |
| 29 | keep it okay for you in fact that 's who I 'd thought you 'd gone to , I thought you had called in at their house like cos must of seen his , I thought you must of seen his run out his car at |