Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had a talent , you were recognised , and often I got invited to play for the local Boy Scout group . |
| 2 | Originally I 'd hoped to apply for Scale 2 posts … but there are very few jobs , now . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd stayed to look for the aristocratic drop-out . |
| 4 | The glamorous nightdress I 'd bought to wear for his visit was still lying in my locker and , instead , I was wearing a shabby old hospital gown . |
| 5 | If I 'd tried to run for it . |
| 6 | He showed me the location of Bentwaters in the old AA Book of the Road I always carried and then bought the two ounces of Red from me at four times what I 'd agreed to pay for it . |
| 7 | But when we moved in here , because I 'd been away from him for five months and I 'd learned to cope for myself , I started standing up for myself and he did n't like it . |
| 8 | I had decided to enter for a competition for British crime writers , run a good many years ago by Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . |
| 9 | Every evening I had tea with the friend or two with whom I had arranged to mess for the " half " , as a term was known at Eton . |
| 10 | I was n't doing anything to speed up my role as a would-be doctor , so during my last year at Oxford , where I had planned to stay for three years before going to London for the real hard medical training , I arranged ( again through Dr Allott ) to spend my final long vac helping out as a general dogsbody at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London , where there was a special unit investigating Heine-Medin 's disease , the original name for polio , and — especially in the 1930s — doing research into the spinal aspects . |
| 11 | Straining to ascend off the shattered glass cigarette floor in earnest attempt to join my head apertures and their height of depth sound bouncings , I had failed to allow for their wine intake and just glimpsed them rushing past in their plunge to a new yesterday . |
| 12 | Although Fair Isle is officially part of Shetland , and I had been a keen birdwatcher since I was a boy , I had never had the opportunity to visit the island until I had started to work for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 13 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |
| 14 | When I came back from Bletchley , I had agreed to tutor for the First Ordinary English class at Edinburgh University a Polish woman considerably older than myself . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've decided to opt for a quiet role , ’ she had said . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 17 | Ever since I won a short-story competition some years ago I 've wanted to write for magazines . |
| 18 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a possibility that this chap will move to another university next year , but for the time being I 've had to look for a way to take the heat off . |
| 20 | He is determined to lead his injury-stricken outfit to victory in France for the first time in 22 years and last night insisted : ‘ I 've had to fight for respect in rugby league . |
| 21 | I 've had to lecture for Paul |
| 22 | ‘ My parents died when I was a baby , you know , and for the last three years I 've had to work for my food . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've come to ask for help , ’ he said . |
| 24 | This is the third time tonight that I 've come to look for you . |
| 25 | And I 've got to wait for three weeks before I know ! |
| 26 | I 've got to wait for the man ! |
| 27 | This is my second time around and I 've got to go for it . |
| 28 | Sadly I have n't got time to play right now , I 've got to split for an urgent dinner date . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've got to perform for Sabraxis tomorrow , ’ he said . |
| 30 | No , I 've got to revise for my erm science test tomorrow and I 've got loads of stuff to do , I 've got to keep going for the weekend , actually I have n't got that much to do , I 've got drama that I can do if you just would be so kind turn over to number three so I can have a look at some adverts I 've got a , will there be any adverts after |