Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 2 | Now there 's a letter in there that wants filling in for Alex for Alison . |
| 3 | ‘ Take a look behind , nephew , ’ came the answer , ‘ and you will see that already the litter carrying the prince has turned off for Westminster ! ’ |
| 4 | The gap seems to be widening between Serbs who want to fight on for Greater Serbia , now , and those who think that goal must be postponed . |
| 5 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 6 | This year a bumper crowd is expected to turn out for Northern Ireland 's premier triathlon event at Portaferry in July , and Alastair should be up with the front runners . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm so glad everything has worked out for Ernest and Rosie , ’ said Ruth . |
| 8 | Richard Dunwoody has signed up for Martin Pipe … young irishman Adrian Maguire is the new man … they should have 80 horses in training soon … |
| 9 | Well I was going to go out for Jim 's |
| 10 | The archer had to be someone who knew I was going to go back for Gareth 's camera . |
| 11 | I have a four foot tank which I was going to set up for Malawis , however , with the above in mind , what would you consider the best course of action : |
| 12 | No , I 'm going to fill in for Jim on the Canal project . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , but you 've got to be serious , Joe , you 've got to watch out for Blackbeard . |
| 14 | ‘ Arrest warrant out for Clowes ’ partner years before collapse' . |
| 15 | Remember to listen out for Katie and friends on Radio 2 |
| 16 | Remember to listen out for Katie and friends on Radio 2 |
| 17 | Remember to look out for Alwyn Crawshaw 's TV series , A Brush With Art , starting on October 4th on Channel 4 ! |
| 18 | Getting geared up for Microsoft 's Windows NT , Inmark Development Mountain View , California , has announced an NT version of its zApp C++ Application Framework . |
| 19 | So it was that in 1972 the knowledge that consistency paid off , that concentration was necessary , that racing went to the prudent as well as to the bold began to pay off for Emerson . |
| 20 | RESTRUCTURING AND RETRENCHMENT ARE beginning to pay off for ICI Fertilizers . |
| 21 | Vinny Jones has been sold to Wimbledon and David Lee is set to come in for Paul Elliott , who will be out for the season with injury . |
| 22 | Troubles continue to pile up for Sequoia Systems Inc and now Ultimate Corp has filed a lawsuit against it alleging among other things that Sequoia has sold and attempted to sell its computer systems and maintenance services directly to Ultimate 's dealers and customers in violation of its contractual obligations , that it has disparaged and defamed Ultimate to such customers and dealers , and has interfered with Ultimate 's relationships with such customers and dealers . |
| 23 | By this one Tutilo must have set out for Longner , and by this one he had returned , only to happen upon this grievous discovery along the way . |
| 24 | I mean , I do n't think Mary and Joseph would have set out for Bethlehem yet . |
| 25 | You only have to sit in there and you hear the rumours and the gossip that 's going around and the thing is , in the staffroom it 's always the bad kids that are talked about , never the good ones , which I suppose makes sense in a way , but as a new teacher , you come in , you hear these rumours like , I used to hear rumours about Kevin ( an Afro-Caribbean pupil ) and I thought , ‘ Oh , God , I 'll have to watch out for Kevin , everybody thinks he 's a trouble-maker and that means he 's bound to be in my class ’ , but I mean it 's not as simple as that , it really is n't … |
| 26 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
| 27 | I was born here and I try to stick up for Britain — but things are bad . ’ |
| 28 | Do n't forget to look out for Trudi Pacter 's three bestselling novels available in Grafton paperback |
| 29 | The old lads had hoped to warm up for Hull with a friendly against Cleveland police the previous week , but most of the constabulary failed to turn up . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you remember that old lady who kept coming in for Roald Dahl , saying he was a woman ? ’ sobbed Denise . |