Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must be nice living here , ’ I said , changing the subject , ‘ but how d' you go on for shopping ? ’ |
| 2 | They needed the captain back on the rails immediately , and they knew the best way to do this was let him simmer down for 24 hours . |
| 3 | Twice he had let her come up for air , so that it would take longer , but the third time he had held her under until she was finished . |
| 4 | ‘ George Duffield let her breeze along for six furlongs on Saturday morning and she just flew . |
| 5 | Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck . |
| 6 | But it 's important not to say they 've only got two minutes for something , and then let them go on for ten . |
| 7 | Let them find out for themselves . |
| 8 | Luckily , you can now plonk your curious infants in front of Knowledge Adventure and let them find out for themselves . |
| 9 | PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've seen you come in for cigarettes . ’ |
| 11 | Well , maybe I 'll play you some time and let you find out for yourself , eh , Major Karr ? ’ |
| 12 | Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons . |
| 13 | He watched George going into MacDougalls , let him settle down for three minutes and then he 'd strike . |
| 14 | Let him find out for himself . |
| 15 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |
| 16 | " Every week or so I 'd see them come in for their beef ration . |
| 17 | I thought it just as well to let you find out for yourself . ’ |
| 18 | I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half . |
| 19 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 20 | scraped it all in and I said I 'll leave it in dish cos it 's a dog doggy dish went back in house and , oh what did I come back for ? |
| 21 | Cos how many things did I put in for the thingums in the draws in Asda . |
| 22 | Did you stay on for As ? |
| 23 | Did you send off for it ? |
| 24 | How long ago did you send off for it ? |
| 25 | Did you search around for any other reasons , such as the mention of a possible strategic reserve ? |
| 26 | What did you come over for ? |
| 27 | What did you come out for then ? |
| 28 | Just sugar and eggs in there , and the card why did you come back for ? |
| 29 | Why did you come back for ? |
| 30 | So , did you line up for London with a positive mental outlook and were you full of confidence ? |