Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding .
2 Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term
3 Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend .
4 ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term .
5 Started as they meant to go on for the holiday .
6 Is n't the phrase just meaningless , flung in for the rhythm , meaning no more than ‘ by pillar or by post ’ , ‘ by night or by day ’ , ‘ by hook or by crook ’ ?
7 The star of the festival is Hans Rey … a stunt rider who can do anything and everything with a mountain bike … he 's been flown in for the classic
8 The star of the festival is Hans Rey … a stunt rider who can do anything and everything with a mountain bike … he 's been flown in for the classic
9 The quality elements are the detailed procedures to be applied by centres or by SCOTVEC to ensure that assessment of candidates has accurately reflected the standards laid down for the award .
10 At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to .
11 At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to .
12 You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself .
13 It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq .
14 There is a statutory procedure laid down for the consultation process .
15 But William 's grandad was too busy working to notice or care , riding shotgun to a great clattering brute of a knitting machine that reminded him of the Irish cobs he 'd broken in for the brewery ; he could knit thirty fully fashioned stockings an hour , sixteen hours a day .
16 Our jolly attendant makes one more and final round , checking that we are all tucked in for the night .
17 And it 's being pencilled in for the weekend after Wigan are due to defend their world sevens title in Sydney on February 5-7 .
18 Although they have been pencilled in for the Cymru Alliance next season , Llani have faint hopes of winning a reprieve if a present club pulls out of the Konica League .
19 He was hustled away by some of the extra police officers drafted in for the case .
20 There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’
21 Collecting her ticket , she came up behind him again as he checked in for the flight .
22 The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described .
23 Her mother goes in for the bingo .
24 So all the excavations are filled in for the sake of tidiness , and all the bolt-holes and entrance holes are filled in to help assess what 's been left .
25 Nicky Cruz and his gang , the Mau Maus , decide to go along for the ride … .
26 Maurice was deserted , Maurice having been invited , as he quite often was , to go down for the day to Brighton .
27 Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control .
28 It was around this time that he went to collect his Mercedes from a car showroom and found himself being gathered in for the Lord .
29 Clearly Helen has looked for ‘ explanations ’ to help her deal with such a painful experience , and the one she seems to have come up with is that she was picked on for the way she looks .
30 Take that form literally and there is only one winner on Saturday as Bonanza Boy is bound to have come on for the outing .
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