Example sentences of "[verb] for [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 2 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 3 | That goes for everyone on the mainland as well . |
| 4 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 5 | Do n't worry , I 've told the solicitors that are appearing for us on the sixteenth of July that that 's the situation , that the have not joined in all of the partners |
| 6 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 7 | His prosperity is shown by the ‘ magnificent dwelling house ’ which he built for himself on the north Thames frontage immediately to the east of the Fleet canal . |
| 8 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 9 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 10 | This was because human beings worked things out in their minds in terms of concepts and moral rules , and these concepts and rules were not things the individual made for himself on the spur of the moment . |
| 11 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 12 | In his latter years he created an elaborate water garden at the cottage ornée he had built for himself on the outskirts of Plymouth , and was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot , looking , in Wightwick 's words ‘ ( as far as his true English face and costume allowed ) like Ictinus of the Parthenon , ‘ out for a lark ’ . ’ |
| 13 | Now , new offices were being built for it on the other side of the road , but they were not quite ready , and meantime , the new publisher from the East and his editors functioned in an atmosphere of such utter confusion that it is doubtful if an efficiency expert could even have fought his way in through the door . |
| 14 | You go up round then you come down yes you can through but people queue and wait for one on the top . |
| 15 | The boy was stooping now , searching for something on the bank . |
| 16 | The man was alone ; he looked alternately towards the house and then down , as if searching for something on the dashboard . |
| 17 | Well they 're actually paying for it on the erm |
| 18 | First-class technique — you 'll see for yourself on the video tape . |
| 19 | She recently changed erm , to come and work for me on the Warwickshire area about four weeks ago . |
| 20 | That he 'd gone out to look for her on the road and across the clunch pit field , returning alone half an hour later . |
| 21 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
| 22 | Hurley was waiting for them on the tarmac near the terminal in his big blue BMW 520i . |
| 23 | Why were some men waiting for her on the night she died ? |
| 24 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 25 | But he was confronted by an ecstatic welcome from his mother , who was waiting for him on the doorstep . |
| 26 | So the next morning she went to Rouen station , and when her son , still wearing a fresh crust of pride and sex , got off the train , she was waiting for him on the platform . |
| 27 | Everything had been going so well this time ; leaving Glasgow on Saturday anticipation had been high , Amanda had even been waiting for him on the pavement outside her flat . |
| 28 | Beryl Garland was waiting for him on the landing , a lean , bony woman with uncared-for greying hair , a pallid complexion blotched with an unnatural pink , and restless suspicious eyes . |
| 29 | The Prince was waiting for him on the terrace of the Hotel Continental , sitting by himself and looking bored . |
| 30 | So she paid for it on the spot and took it home . |