Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll knock for you at eight for dinner . |
| 2 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 3 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 4 | Did the union act for you at this particular time then ? |
| 5 | The girl was glued to the spot , terror-struck , pop-eyed , quivering , knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last . |
| 6 | Will you wait for me at three-thirty ? |
| 7 | Family size is shrinking as mothers no longer need large numbers of children to work either down the mines or in the factories ( the machine would take anybody to work for it at first ) or to ensure that a few would survive ; high infant mortality rates are now becoming a thing of the past . |
| 8 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 9 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 10 | Suppose that my friend was not looking for me at all . |
| 11 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 12 | Keep condoms handy , so you do n't have to go tearing around looking for them at that crucial moment . |
| 13 | Not looking for you at all . |
| 14 | ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’ |
| 15 | Havelock Wilson who had , of course , been among those leaders to whom Larkin 's vituperation had been particularly directed , reserved his regrets for the oppressed people of Ireland whose cause had been so ill served by the " blunders and follies " of Larkin who " had such a splendid case , but made such a sorry mess of it , doing everything he ought not to have done and nothing that he ought to " and bringing , by his defeat , comfort to the Irish employers who had nothing good to be said for them at all . |
| 16 | Blitzer Last and definitely least , this is a cross between Defender and Lunar Lander , and it just does n't work for me at all . |
| 17 | You were gon na work for them at one point Rich . |
| 18 | And when Mother came to look for them at eight o'clock , they were asleep in the sun . |
| 19 | Clegg consulted four psychologists on the feasibility of selection for technical education at eleven ( G. B. Jeffrey , Charlotte Fleming , Godfrey Thomson and Cyril Burt ) , and their advice was so clearly in support of his belief that it was not possible that he refused to select for it at all . |
| 20 | He will play for defending champions Kelburne tomorrow against DW Clydesdale and will be available to play for them at regular intervals throughout the second half of the season in addition to the finals of the European Club Championship in May . |
| 21 | My grandmother was taken ill with a burst ulcer and an ambulance was called for her at 10.45 , but it did not arrive for two and a half hours . |
| 22 | Dee 's calling for me at ten . |
| 23 | The car would now be calling for him at seven . |
| 24 | He calls for me at nine , |
| 25 | He opened it and said over his shoulder , ‘ I 'll call for you at seven-thirty . |
| 26 | When , a few minutes later , she stopped the car and said , ‘ I 'll call for you at seven . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll call for you at eight-thirty p.m . |
| 28 | I 'll call for you at eight-thirty if you promise to leave the briefcase at home . |
| 29 | Was he running for it at last ? |
| 30 | Coming for it at three . |