Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This at least gives him the freedom to go out for air and to do errands such as visiting local shops or going to the hairdresser . |
| 2 | Children and church helpers spent Saturday afternoon making certain there were enough traditional Mothering Sunday posies to go round for mothers of all ages . |
| 3 | I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so . |
| 4 | And they reiterated that they would like Becky to stay in for tests but Jenny could come home , and Becky was a bit jaundiced you see . |
| 5 | It was so fascinating to observe that I was very sorry when the party broke up , and even more so when Margaret did not ask her old pal Richard to stay on for supper with us after the Rolls drove away . |
| 6 | In some African francophone countries it is not unusual for government data-processing offices to close down for lack of paper . |
| 7 | Textiles were excluded and there was no significant increases in the sugar quota to make up for cuts in recent years . |
| 8 | In Tokyo , MITI , the Japanese ministry for trade and industry , indicated that it would not approve attempts by Japanese manufacturers to make up for shortfalls in US exports to Europe . |
| 9 | Gooch declared on 304 for six , 17 runs behind Lancashire 's first innings total just before tea in an attempt to make up for time lost because of Friday 's wash-out . |
| 10 | ‘ Jardin a Auvers ’ was the first major van Gogh to come up for sale since ‘ Portrait du Dr Gachet ’ , executed 3–5 June 1890 , broke all auction house records by fetching $82.5 million ( £43.1 million ) at Christie 's New York in May 1990 . |
| 11 | For example , your GP should have greater flexibility to look around for treatment in hospitals which offer the shortest waiting times . |
| 12 | It is connected with an inborn propensity to look out for regularities , or with a need to find regularities ' ( 1963 : 47 , original emphasis ) . |
| 13 | We always tell folk to watch out for clubroot , because the wallflower is actually a member of the cabbage family . |
| 14 | In 1959 , the Crowther Report forecast that with the raising of the minimum school leaving age to sixteen , more affluent parents would persuade their more intelligent offspring to stay on for A levels at eighteen . |
| 15 | The Ramblers ' Association ( RA ) have condemned as ‘ shameful ’ the government 's approval of an army plan to take over for training 900 acres of common land at Holcombe near Bury , Manchester . |
| 16 | I have had the former fitted up with Drawers for birds and books in hope to work going along and taking a quantity of birds with me as well as left over plates to cut up for box books etc . |
| 17 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 18 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 19 | Ears which are turned to the side and are at ‘ half mast ’ indicate that the horse is relaxed , and therefore does not feel the need to listen out for danger . |
| 20 | Police have appealed to scrap dealers to look out for brass electrical equipment stolen from Wearmouth Colliery . |
| 21 | without prejudice correspondence was admissible for the determination of applications to strike out for want of prosecution . |
| 22 | Pray every day that God will fill you with the Holy Spirit so that you have more courage to speak up for Jesus . |
| 23 | he 's either up the stairs well he came down one night right enough he was talking to his girl on the phone , she phones him through the week and er he was a bit depressed because he he had n't the money , he 's , he 's on the and he has n't really the money to give in for housekeeping plus try and get driving lessons and his daddy wo n't let him |
| 24 | Give me a chance to find out for goodness ’ sake . |
| 25 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 26 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 27 | And this Mr he was , he used to c he well he was collec calling f with Mr and he kept calling with me the same so I used to order my bulk in October to come in for Christmas goods . |
| 28 | RSPCA officials are now urging all farmers to listen out for flood warnings and move their animals away from danger as soon as posible . |
| 29 | From time to time he broke off his labours to return to the great court to look out for Tutilo returning . |
| 30 | Depicting a muscular young man , naked and balancing on his left leg , it is thought to be more than 370 years old and the most significant example of Renaissance sculpture to come up for auction . |