Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 2 | I do n't want to go for a ride ! |
| 3 | ‘ But I do n't want to go for a sail ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music . |
| 6 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 7 | ( The user presses Y or N ) If N Do you want to search for a book title ? |
| 8 | Do you want to search for a pupil ? |
| 9 | I did n't want to wait for the baby to appear through the navel . |
| 10 | Those who are brave enough to hope for one of the few lectureships around tend to go for the astronomy or nuclear physics . |
| 11 | Poverty , he defined as ‘ having no surplus ’ , i.e. having the bare essentials much of the time , but nothing to spare to provide for a crisis such as unemployment , sickness or death in the family . |
| 12 | The new rules for taxing manufactured interest , payments made to compensate for the loss of interest , where for instance a security is ‘ sold cum interest ’ but acquired by the seller ex interest in order to meet the sale , took effect on 29 June 1992 and apply from 30 June 1992 . |
| 13 | There was indeed a steady brain drain ; and some , like Lieberich , had intended to come for a visit rather than to stay permanently . |
| 14 | It has been a fashion among Opposition Members — indeed , this was reported by the hon. Gentleman tonight — to suggest that the access funds alone are intended to compensate for the withdrawal of benefits generally and that the £25 million , which he correctly quoted , must , therefore , be inadequate . |
| 15 | They will keep this addition , which is intended to compensate for the VAT they can not reclaim . |
| 16 | The payment will be available to teaching staff until such time as the Teachers ' Superannuation ( Scotland ) Regulations are amended to provide for an injury allowance . |
| 17 | Even if the original tenant is forced to join a guarantor , it may be advisable for the guarantor 's covenant to be amended to provide for the guarantor 's liability to cease on an assignment by the tenant . |
| 18 | from the process of the regular review of departments and faculties by ad hoc review bodies , which always include strong external representation ( this formal review procedure has recently been amended to provide for the review of all departments and faculties on , approximately , a ten-year cycle rather than , as previously , simply associating reviews with the impending retirement of a head of department ) ; and |
| 19 | The threshold time is therefore automatically raised or lowered to compensate for the reader being swept too slowly or too quickly . |
| 20 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 21 | She hoped people would want to try for the Number Power certificate as they learn and has even joined herself : ‘ I have always been rotten at maths but this is the ideal way to do it , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Others had to put up with less ideal locations , and this led to demand for the feng shui practitioner , whose skill was in improving the landscape by correct siting , ensuring that nothing took place to disturb the flows of energy . |
| 23 | Also in group situations , it may be the case that the senior executives are employed by the top company , so it will be necessary if they are to continue to work for the target to negotiate with each of them a revision to their service agreements . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Remember that next time you want to go for a stroll . ’ |
| 25 | That 's probably why I want to go for a dump now . |
| 26 | Fast cars always want to go for a ride . |
| 27 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |
| 28 | But Paul says : ‘ There 's no way they 're coming they just want to go for the ale ! ’ |
| 29 | This also meant that they could get away earlier at night after the show , as they did n't need to wait for the curtain . |
| 30 | Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win . |