Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 2 | Are you coming to sit down for this meal ? |
| 3 | Although the flats are very compact , generally following the standards laid down for this type of housing in DoE Design Bulletin 29 , they share the facilities of a jetty on to the river , and a roof-top conservatory and roof garden , all of which were made possible by a £200,000 grant from the Historic Buildings Council . |
| 4 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 5 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 6 | Two hundred riders will line up for this marathon . |
| 7 | She 's only done half the course and already she has been picked out for this job . |
| 8 | So anyway I put in for this job and and there were people who who ought to have got it before me , er for instance er there was a councillor at er at , Tom , did you know Tom ? |
| 9 | ‘ They may have saved up for this holiday for years . ’ |
| 10 | So of course when Tom was put up and er there was about five of us put up for this job , they was all members of that union and I was n't . |
| 11 | She made sure that Duart and his heir would be magnificently turned out for this visit to a foreign clan . |
| 12 | " I reckon you 're very wise not going in for this lark , " Joanne said , shifting the mound of her body uncomfortably under the bedclothes . |
| 13 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 14 | So many turned up for this emergency meeting of Swindon 's railway pensioners , that more than a hundred had to stand outside . |
| 15 | Among the bogies foolishly trotted out for this purpose is the imaginary policeman … |
| 16 | ‘ Warning : Watch out for this pip , ’ said a newspaper the other day . |
| 17 | We had undertaken to collect birds and mammals for the Natural History Museum in London and we soon collected several specimens of blue-winged goose near the Sandfords ' farm ; the museum authorities had asked us specially to look out for this bird since they only had one specimen , collected in 1868 during Napier 's Magdala expedition . |
| 18 | Another good show to look out for this month is the Afro Hair & Beauty exhibition which this year celebrates its 10th Anniversary . |
| 19 | Look out for this symbol . |
| 20 | ‘ Here he comes , look out for this guy . ’ |
| 21 | Look out for this years ' Lillywhites evening in November , and see if you can be a lucky winner . |
| 22 | Although it is sold out for this week 's run at the Arches , it moves next week to the Kings in Glasgow . |
| 23 | The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap . |
| 24 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 25 | The women made up for this restraint . |
| 26 | He had no abilities , but made up for this drawback with sharp elbows . |
| 27 | They 're one of 14 national display teams limbering up for this weekend 's International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire . |
| 28 | Well I was very reluctant to put in for this job , I did n't want to really , but I was you know people said , Put in for it , you wo n't get it if you put in . |
| 29 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 30 | so I 've got him all wound , all er geared up for this E C G |