Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot goes on to wish for a combination of religious , anthropological , and neurological knowledge as exemplified by Rome , Cambridge , and Harley Street . |
| 2 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 3 | A bumpy ride : Major flies in to fight for a key marginal . |
| 4 | In fact , liberal or not , she has come back to work for the ANC , though her exact capacity is not made clear . |
| 5 | To a man of Panmure 's connections this was not a particularly difficult matter in time of war , even with the qualification which the Lyells made to their request , that ships about to sail for the West Indies were not acceptable , but it was clearly a very material favour to the family concerned . |
| 6 | What is anatomical basis of this orientation selectivity ? ( personal communication ) suggests an answer which is reminiscent of that proposed by to account for the ability of octopuses to recognize spatial patterns . |
| 7 | Willis and four men were whisked off to jail for the night and released on bail . |
| 8 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 9 | It is a curious miscellany , where photographs of his early ballets are mixed in with family snap-shots , pictures of his friends , souvenirs of journeys , Christmas and other greetings , a book of clothing coupons from the days of rationing , costume drawings and various illustrations cut from magazines , including a feature on Roland Petit 's ballet Carmen and examples of the ‘ new look ’ in women 's clothes when long skirts came back to fashion for the first time since the war ; he proposed a ballet about that , but it was rejected . |
| 10 | They work out how much money to feed back to pay for the inputs for the next year , and the remainder is profit . |
| 11 | Am I glad we came out to work for the entire season , Rosie ! |
| 12 | Will the Salters ' chemistry A-level syllabus form a reasonable basis for those students going on to read for a chemistry degree at university or polytechnic ? |
| 13 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 14 | BURIAL costs in Middlesbrough are going up to pay for the installation of cameras in flats overlooking cemeteries . |
| 15 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 16 | They won 61% of the vote for Congress in March , but only 27% in December ( when far fewer people turned out to vote for the assembly ) . |
| 17 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to work for a few days , I 'm afraid , Francisco . ’ |
| 18 | In the West African republic of Liberia where eighty five per cent of the population have been displaced , children , some as young as eight are being placed in secure compounds to prevent them from going back to fight for the waring factions . |
| 19 | And Mum and Dad are going off on holiday on Saturday , so they wo n't be popping in to visit for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 20 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 21 | MI6 , Scotland Yard and the FBI had been called in to hunt for the shadowy Surrey-born spy . |
| 22 | Uncle Mick found it difficult getting down to kneel for the Consecration . |
| 23 | In time , Keating shuffled off to spectate for a rival weekly but , as a kindly man , he offered encouragement to his successor . |
| 24 | He then rushed off to prepare for the main service of the morning as the Minster bells began to ring out . |
| 25 | Apart from that there is no strong reason for one method rather than another although as the first year has lower production than later years it would be difficult in terms of wearing out to argue for the reducing balance method . |
| 26 | I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast . |
| 27 | Then dig out to allow for a layer of hardcore plus about 75mm ( 3in ) of concrete on top . |
| 28 | Searchers were called out to look for the overdue hikers , and spotting their torches in the distance Alistair used his camera flash to attract their attention . |
| 29 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 30 | I hope Wilko cuts his losses with our Brian and then goes out to look for a decent striker . |