Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has travelled home to prepare for a World Championship heat in Austria . |
| 2 | Many countries would also need to borrow heavily to pay for oil imports . |
| 3 | It 's a shame really that no-one has come forward to apply for it , because it 's such a lovely , wonderful bungalow . |
| 4 | Mr. Livsey : Will the Secretary of State note that British Coal Opencast has decided again to try for permission to work the Bryn Henllys site in my constituency , after an inspector turned down that application about a year ago ? |
| 5 | Widnes prop Harvey Howard has vowed never to play for the club again after being refused permission to spend the summer with Australian side Eastern Suburbs by his Norton Park bosses . |
| 6 | For they would have had either to vote for all the candidates on one list ( implying a commitment they rejected ) or they would have had to switch from one list to another during the voting . |
| 7 | Some policies will also include eventualities like job loss or having to stay home to care for a sick relative . |
| 8 | When I reached the Old Street roundabout , it was time to pick an ultimate destination — which basically meant choosing somewhere to stay for the night . |
| 9 | Because there was a shortage of pasture in many districts , cattle were allowed to wander freely to search for food , especially during the seasons when they were not wanted for agriculture . |
| 10 | Before breakfast on Saturday 18 August 1759 Boscawen was in sight of his quarry , or part of it , for eight of the Frenchmen had broken away to make for Cadiz . |
| 11 | That threat , she said , was the reason why interested parties had come together to work for an improvement . |
| 12 | The cat had done well to run for shelter … |
| 13 | Susan Hickey , an executive of the Bonneville Power Administration , which supplies electricity to a number of North-West states , said that the organization had decided consciously to pay for conservation measures because they were the least expensive option . |
| 14 | The company had clubbed together to pay for her and Geoffrey . |
| 15 | They 've clubbed together to pay for the instalation of two video cameras , which scan the only road into the neighbouring villages of Purton and Halmore . |
| 16 | So I went to visit the plants for him , went to check , in his memory who can do so no longer , whether the recurrent spring miracle of the Welsh mountains was still taking place now that the man who had seemed almost to stand for its yearly renewal had gone . |
| 17 | Smaller and more volatile businesses do not have this luxury and often find themselves unable to attract the best people , and therefore have to go outside to recruit for senior management . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the third body , the one in your garden , that 's got more to say for itself . ’ |