Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] we [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street .
2 What he says is that erm you know when he was writing of six hundred and fifty eight seats in parliament , I do n't know how many there are now , but he says if we allowed for people to be paid , then we have as it were six hundred and fifty eight prizes to people 's six hundred and fifty eight jobs for people and he says and this is rather astonishing to hear , to read this is that it will attract adventurism of low class to er parliament if we pay members of parliament .
3 We have to talk before we leave for the office . ’
4 However , as the authors themselves say : ‘ Searching as we do for dates and names to attach to our pieces , we must never forget that such information is a mere bonus . ’
5 I explained that we must lunch early and be in the queue at least fifteen minutes before the doors opened if we hoped for bargains .
6 Internal baffles or risers restrain the fabric gores to hold shape where practical , otherwise a central spine and spar structure is employed as we show for the Shark .
7 We met a group of walkers at the top , who cheered as we raced for the cross .
8 Again , the childlike wonder appears when we read for example of nearly 7000 feet of Kimmeridgian ( Upper jurassic ) in New Zealand or 10 000 feet of Frasnian ( Lower Upper Devonian ) in Arctic Canada , or 17 000 feet of Arenigian ( Lower Ordovician ) in western Ireland .
9 ‘ Where did you stay last night ? ’ he asked while we waited for the cameras to be set up .
10 The relationship between k and r is one that can not be guaranteed to hold when we allow for the heterogeneity of capital , as the debate on ‘ 'reswitching ’ has brought out ( see for example Bliss , 1975 , and Harcourt , 1972 ) .
11 And perhaps we should exercise this idea , this thought when we pray for the salvation of people .
12 We had tried to get a couple of er , here in Portsmouth but he had to attend , so we thought as we prepared for this conference this morning er , on the miners , that it would be appropriate to get a miner 's lamp to put and have them simply inscribed with the erm , the memory of the occasion , which turned out to be
13 Bertolt Brecht 's aphorism has been dramatically reversed while we pause for breath .
14 In the four months that have elapsed since we asked for your help in the aftermath of the Jason Donovan libel case , we have been overwhelmed by the show of goodwill and support from friends of THE FACE around the world .
15 ‘ As I said before we left for Argentina , Sella , Mesnel and Lafond were welcomed back to the squad .
16 poised as we waited for the sound of breaking glass ,
17 Your consent is required before we apply for a report and you may see the report before it is returned to us .
18 That proposition presupposes that if you make a reduction in the district figures , then you must have an idea what the district contribution towards the Greater York figure is , er and I find it difficult to see that you can have , if you have a new settlement , if you have a new settlement the C provision for the new settlement floating in this table , erm but can I just say before we adjourn for coffee , that I really would like to have some very firm answers to the questions which are posed under issue two , er and particularly about two D and that is specific guidance on the location of the new settlement .
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