Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 2 | Skills develop and change to compensate partially for the changing capacities . |
| 3 | With a choice of simple current/deposit account facilities , fixed deposit accounts , or managed currency funds and a highly personalised level of private banking , you may need to shop around for the most suitable . |
| 4 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 5 | Like a car needs to go in for the M O T , you 've got ta |
| 6 | As Britain 's largest electricity maker , NatPower has to shop around for the cheapest fuel available . |
| 7 | Ideally , of course , there should be the choice , especially for islanders having to work on the mainland who want to come home for the weekend . |
| 8 | There are a few of us ( 3 at mo — myself , a mate and Steve Walsh ) who want to come down for the Oxford match from Durham/Newcastle . |
| 9 | Even though she tried to listen out for the sound of a returning car , the castle and the road leading up to it remained as silent as the grave . |
| 10 | One needs to look directly for the seeds of potential attitudinal positions . |
| 11 | And we do n't need to look far for the explanation . |
| 12 | Wants to look around for the wallet while I 'm not here , thought Joe . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to do well for the club but I seem to be heading up a blind alley and maybe a move is the only solution . |
| 14 | I 've forgotten my troubles ; now I want to climb just for the good performance itself . |
| 15 | The premium is either with the product or the purchaser has to send off for the premium . |
| 16 | ‘ You want to watch out for the lorries . |
| 17 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 18 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 19 | Fellow midfielder Lawrie Sanchez , whose goal beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final , added : ‘ Every time we play them , they want to beat us to try to make up for the 1988 defeat . |
| 20 | That has to speak highly for the way in which the software does its internal calculations and comes up with the answers . |
| 21 | And did the fourth consecutive Tory victory imply that Her Majesty 's loyal Opposition was destined to remain so for the foreseeable future ? |
| 22 | But France adds : ‘ Some can expect to remain there for the rest of their lives . |
| 23 | He did n't know if they would succeed , but it showed that , even here , there were people prepared to work together for the common good . |
| 24 | They point out , for example , that Japanese companies in particular have for some time been making strenuous efforts to recruit labour which is not so much cheap but flexible and prepared to work hard for the company in question . |
| 25 | In one more smooth movement his own shirt was gone , and as she looked at him her naked skin seemed to cry out for the touch of his . |
| 26 | The Immigration and Customs people at Ramsgate had been instructed to watch out for the Renault 18 but to keep a low profile and let it through . |
| 27 | Sterland announced his return to fitness by saying : ‘ I am picking up my training steadily and looking to turn out for the reserves in the middle of next week . |
| 28 | It hardly seemed to augur well for the firm 's chances when it goes head-to head with the likes of Brown Boveri ASEA or GEC Alsthom . |
| 29 | After the English cricket and soccer debacles of the past week , Hastings ' side hope to make up for the misery by catching the All Blacks cold New Zealand have not played a Test for 10 months and face the Lions with a new team . |
| 30 | She thought it might be the one that was always being made to speak up for the others , but she could n't be sure ; it 's difficult to tell one beetle from another . |