Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ULSTER spacers have been shy about signing up for inter-galactic travel . |
| 2 | At the orphanage I was complimented on me English composition , but I 've always been a bit shy about speakin' up for meself . ’ |
| 3 | You were very insistent about going back for him . |
| 4 | If the glider gets wet before taking off for a high climb , the airbrakes may freeze up and become unusable . |
| 5 | Andrew Thomas , who has now replaced Phllips as Neath 's first-choice hooker , supplemented his work in the tight by galloping over for two tries . |
| 6 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |
| 7 | Jonadab and his two sons were just scraping their boots at the back door , prior to going in for a mug of tea . |
| 8 | She 'll stitch herself up I said , I 'm not gon na be responsible for covering up for the woman ! |
| 9 | But Folly was in no mood to have her character analysed — and she knew that once her mother started on her favourite hobby-horse she was quite capable for going on for hours . |
| 10 | The shoes and socks might be on the floor if the patient is capable of reaching down for them . |
| 11 | I can assure you she 's more than capable of standing up for herself . ’ |
| 12 | They 're not too worried about getting up for work the next day . |
| 13 | ‘ Ow , McAllister , that do n't look safe , ’ panted Rose as she wheeled herself and the bike into the road , preparatory to setting off for the buildings . |
| 14 | In utter darkness , breathing rank air and deafened by the breakers outside , he kept himself alive by groping around for newly hatched swiftlet nestlings and the grubs which thrive in the dung on the cave floor . |