Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically , Gedge has since gone in for his usual strict self-criticism . |
| 2 | Lucker has obviously come back for me once , as there is a fresh note on the bed . |
| 3 | It iss better to find out for yourself , our Guider says , than to be told . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It has all worked out for the best , yes ? |
| 5 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |
| 6 | The most tantalising of opportunities has thus opened up for Mr Takeshita : the chance to be prime minister again . |
| 7 | Germany 's Seizinger , narrow leader in the battle for the World Cup overall title , fell on the second leg of a giant slalom in Are , Sweden as she tried desperately to make up for lost time . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I am delighted it has finally worked out for them after all these years . ’ |
| 9 | A disused Victorian toilet block has just gone up for sale . |
| 10 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 11 | The conflict has already dragged on for five years ; thousands have died . |
| 12 | The hardest hit Americans included Ed Ruscha , Donald Sultan and Frank Stella though Anthony Grant at Sotheby 's stresses that demand has already bounced back for top works by Julian Schnabel and others badly mauled in 1991 . |
| 13 | One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , HP , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Labs and OSF — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an API that Tivoli has already offered up for their use ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 14 | One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and the Open Software Foundation — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an Application Programming Interface that Tivoli has already offered up for their use . |
| 15 | Getting this ingredient off the drawing boards and into bricks and mortar — not to mention details such as Donald Duck doorknobs — was indeed the stuff of dreams for Stern , who has always stood up for emotional content : ‘ In my view , whether you are engaged in a theme park , a hospital , or a court house , the building should elicit some excitement . ’ |
| 16 | The arts community has always gone in for manic attention-seeking , of course — the oxygen of publicity ( to borrow a phrase ) being crucial to its survival . |
| 17 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 18 | Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party . |
| 19 | Scrolling through the A2 's patches it soon becomes obvious that it 's crammed full of great sounds , although , as usual , some do need severely sorting out for ouput level , which means that there 's no escaping learning how to program the thing ! |
| 20 | ‘ This has really taken off for us in a big way , ’ George told Sunday Life after a sports luncheon at Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Friday . |
| 21 | The debate has now gone on for thirty minutes . |
| 22 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 23 | None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high . |
| 24 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 25 | ‘ Diana is an Uptown girl who has never gone in for downtown men , ’ observes Rory Scott . |
| 26 | Well he 's taken us out when they 've been to bloody shop working and come back and wa I admitted that , but I mean just to go out for an evening . |
| 27 | I mean just read round for fun yo and see if there 's anything that sticks and if you get chance to use it in an exam , do Okay , then it says develop a stock of gems . |
| 28 | If any gent takes notice of thee it 'ud be with only one thing in mind , so th 'd better watch out for th'self . ’ |
| 29 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 30 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |