Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sort of thing — for instance , one of the problems in some areas might be that the buses erm do n't erm that there is an insufficient bus service late in the evening , so a lot of kids hang about waiting for a bus and get into trouble waiting . |
| 2 | Messengers ran out to call for help in men and gear and food . |
| 3 | At 8am a convoy of vans and unmarked police cars swept out heading for the addresses . |
| 4 | If electric , do the elements lift up to allow for thorough cleaning ? |
| 5 | As a result , many of AEA 's bright scientists and engineers went out hunting for work . |
| 6 | On April 1st four groups signed up to bid for two state television stations , a film studio , a chain of cinemas and a newspaper . |
| 7 | And yet , because of a shortage of telephone lines in the old east , and even though the government has a legal monopoly , it will allow the networks to go on operating for at least another year . |
| 8 | It also allows the police and Customs to permit accountants to go on acting for a client after they have disclosed suspicious activity to them . |
| 9 | Every year after the three-hours service on Good Friday , in which we choir boys were divided into three groups to lead the singing of the hymns , each group for an hour , a number of villagers went off to look for primroses in the hedgerows and woods . |
| 10 | High red serpents swayed up to hang for a lingering minute and fade ; busy green heads with white tails thrashed hither and thither and then dived to death . |
| 11 | ‘ There is nothing worse than players hanging around waiting for the next instruction . |
| 12 | It is a curious miscellany , where photographs of his early ballets are mixed in with family snap-shots , pictures of his friends , souvenirs of journeys , Christmas and other greetings , a book of clothing coupons from the days of rationing , costume drawings and various illustrations cut from magazines , including a feature on Roland Petit 's ballet Carmen and examples of the ‘ new look ’ in women 's clothes when long skirts came back to fashion for the first time since the war ; he proposed a ballet about that , but it was rejected . |
| 13 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 14 | The mayor-elect was then proposed and seconded before the two councillors went off to search for him . |
| 15 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
| 16 | However , a string of Sunday newspapers lined up to call for Mr Birt to go . |
| 17 | The professionals sat around waiting for the gentlemen to return before the match was called off . |
| 18 | In the 1930's , at a time when many potteries closed down to wait for more favourable conditions to return , the fifth Josiah Wedgwood decided to build a new factory . |
| 19 | By the third day they were quarrelling openly and at times so fiercely that the knights standing around went for their swords . |
| 20 | All this extra work could have been tackled by youngsters but , unfortunately , the Scottish schools were back and there were no children hanging around looking for something to do . |
| 21 | We had to get on to the barge before these two characters unwittingly alerted the army sentries across the road , or before the Friends of the Tourists turned up looking for us . |
| 22 | ‘ I only told you about her staying away a lot and men turning up looking for her and things like that . |
| 23 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 24 | The police came , brusquely sympathetic as they assessed the damage and then informed Fran that there would be men sent out to dust for fingerprints the following day . |
| 25 | The two men went about readying for flight , with practised , unspoken efficiency . |
| 26 | Friday and I stayed to watch the prisoners , while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship . |
| 27 | ‘ The council really needs to consider fully the effect this would have upon the ratepayers , particularly if other groups come along asking for similar dispensation , ’ the DoE spokesperson also explained . |
| 28 | All too often husbands actually prevented their wives from coming to the picket line and there were cases where parents-in-law forced women to go on working for the sort of reasons described in Chapter 6 . |
| 29 | WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER AS THE PRETENDERS LINE UP TO FIGHT FOR IBM 's CROWN |
| 30 | Will the Salters ' chemistry A-level syllabus form a reasonable basis for those students going on to read for a chemistry degree at university or polytechnic ? |