Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I warm up for the down strokes by doing fast alternate picking … ’ |
| 2 | I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's why I put in for the R.F.C. We 're literally the only sportsmen left . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah but erm , I , I ca n't understand why because when I put in for the my , my house I did n't put him , he were n't even on the pap paperwork and all of a sudden he , he |
| 5 | I put in for the eh , my driving test again . |
| 6 | ‘ I guess when I show up for the Majors I 'll be a little more popular . |
| 7 | Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up . |
| 8 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 9 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 10 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're going to take him to Italy when I go over for the collections . |
| 12 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 13 | ‘ And if you 're feeling tired , what about a dose or two of that tonic you make up for the patients ? ’ |
| 14 | Is n't this where you line up for the tram coming home from work ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And you watch out for the royal governess ! ’ |
| 16 | You save up for the tokens to get what get y'know whatever it is you 're after . |
| 17 | The list you draw up for the exercise might be completely different . |
| 18 | Traffic is still slow moving on the M twenty-five , that 's clockwise at junction sixteen , where you turn off for the M forty . |
| 19 | If you if you go out for the kitchen you know or whatever it is |
| 20 | One of the things that I used to do was train and I know the feeling , I know the excitement , I know the adrenalin that pumps round the body , when you go in for the kill . |
| 21 | I do n't know how much pressure we put on for the police to get off their butts and do something . |
| 22 | Each day we look out for the postman — but so far there 's been nothing . |
| 23 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 24 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 25 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 26 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 27 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
| 28 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 29 | We set off for the ‘ shoot ’ on what turned out to be a dull , damp and extremely grey day , to Ickworth House and gardens — a National Trust property — near Bury St. Edmunds . |
| 30 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |