Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] we [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . |
| 2 | six two O twos , and we 're not going to replace it with anything , and we have an opportunity if we go for it now that we could replace them with sixteen double O fours and the projections are |
| 3 | CONNIE COOK , chief display assistant , Blackpool : ‘ What about selling variety packs of pop like we have for fruit juices ? |
| 4 | What will happen to the original relationship if we control for this test factor ? |
| 5 | A few things while we wait for a report of some description ( hint hint ; - ) |
| 6 | You talk about leading questions again that testing trial closed where we 'd just test the water before we go for the actual commitment . |
| 7 | lady Victoria , curator of the Burghley House collection , will talk about Japanese porcelain : Kakiemon treasures and there will be time for questions before we break for coffee . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're also recognising the strength of local teams as we drive for increased market share in the individual countries of the new Europe . |
| 9 | The final ( Moderated ) mark is needed by the Secretary of the N.E.B.E. when we apply for the final Written Examinations of the Board . |
| 10 | We use the same word for a quality of material things as we use for a bodily sensation . |
| 11 | We may accept lower terms than we want for a job or a project , and in undervaluing ourselves we become less powerful in the eyes of others . |
| 12 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 13 | We can have a little heart-to-heart while we wait for him . ’ |
| 14 | We are not prepared to do that , and that provision will not be in the treaty unless we ask for it . |
| 15 | We think we should not accept ‘ I like Auntie Kate ’ as a valid communication unless we allow for an answer to the question , ‘ How does he know ? ’ or ‘ What observation justifies him in saying that ? ’ |
| 16 | Indeed , here is a reminder that Christmas can only be understood in the light of later events , can only be discovered in all its wonderful freshness and life when we discover for ourselves that Jesus is the human face of God . |
| 17 | We get the same royalties for a CD as we do for a cassette |
| 18 | In Selfoss the assistant in the chemist 's tries to sell us surgical spirit when we ask for meths and there is a pantomime while Tony explains to her , in best sign language , that what he wants is spirit for a Trangia . |
| 19 | Some of the emphasis which is placed on general and mass trends in modern history arises from a sort of optical illusion , because we have so much more information about the general nature and working of recent societies than we have for earlier periods . |
| 20 | A rest , a quick conflab and we decide to do another twenty miles and reach our tent before we stop for a long rest . |
| 21 | The Swiss Alps are now our destination where we head for Lucerne for a one night stop . |
| 22 | erm , you know which is , we 've had more rain in the last fortnight than we have for about in the last three years . |
| 23 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 24 | But for a little moment Martigues still stands , and we drink coffee on the quay as we wait for the boats to come in . |
| 25 | What follows , while by no means comprehensive , is NME 's guide to the world blown wide open by the greatest war movies , a world we 'd like to see on TV as we wait for the next one . |
| 26 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |
| 27 | It is normally the central point of a home and around it gather the family as we meet for fellowship , fun and general chit-chat . |