Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 3 | Couple of chaps at the school got booted out for that stuff and I never did get round to it . ’ |
| 4 | It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose . |
| 5 | You had n't turned up for that date . |
| 6 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 7 | ‘ We urge women to reach out for that help . ’ |
| 8 | and train the English lads when they came out for that kind of work |
| 9 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 10 | I 'm going down for that job ! |
| 11 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 12 | The first person she had opened up for that morning had been the postman at five past eight . |
| 13 | You must look out for that reaction . |
| 14 | ( A word of caution : watch out for that yoghurt on top . ) |
| 15 | Yes , it 's a long flight , thirteen hours , and the delay of course , well it 's a problem getting the parts … watch out for that spider , yes they do bite , but they 're very rarely fatal , no , termites are relatively harmless , you saw the mound in the garden did you ? |
| 16 | The most memorable bit of Sweet Dreams was not Jessica Lange 's admirable performance as Patsy Cline , it was the lip-smacking tastelessness of her last plane ride : chug-chug , engine failure , oh dear , engine starts up again , phew that was close , oh no , watch out for that mountain . |
| 17 | Catch the ‘ complete sceptic ’ in any situation where exclamations like ‘ Look out for that car ! ’ or ‘ Your slip is showing ! ’ or ‘ Your fly is undone ! ’ are appropriate . |
| 18 | Paul Smith , 42-year-old veteran Terry Roberts and last season 's skipper Jon Curry fill in for that trio . |
| 19 | Present employment law restricts the effect of such a covenant in a service agreement , but if inserted in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement , it is more likely to be enforceable. ( 3 ) The service agreement will be for a fixed term so that the managers are locked in for that period . |
| 20 | He 's determined to go back for that bag , are n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ And yet he wore a collar and tie , ’ put in Kathleen , tipping Madeira cake crumbs deftly from her plate into the little blue tin always brought in for that purpose with the tea trolley . |
| 22 | The lessons are recorded so that the trainee 's performance can be reviewed and measured against criteria which have been set down for that skill . |
| 23 | Instead they acted as a brake on German economic power by milking the state of subsidy as if it had been set up for that purpose alone . |
| 24 | Is it not time for an initiative to make local authorities hand over their property to housing associations , and could regional ombudsman be set up for that purpose ? |
| 25 | I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 26 | ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 27 | My family did n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 28 | Well , I went down for that Christmas . |
| 29 | " Do n't forget to call down for that cream , will you ? " |
| 30 | ‘ You can get a good view of the moonlight on the lake , if you go in for that sort of thing . |