Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick was there first and climbed onto the tailboard to pull out for the rogue two of Paddy 's cans ( a fact which Paddy was slow to forget ) . |
| 2 | Ruari and Ranald normally lazed about , cut peat , or borrowed a boat and rowed out to do a bit fishing to stock up for the winter , while Luch did her usual tasks and her usual check on the baby — the babies , now — in the bower . |
| 3 | KENNY Dalglish is poised to bring in a Danish defender to make up for the disappointment of losing £2.5 million Craig Short . |
| 4 | In America the war was not much more decisive than its predecessor , but British successes in Europe and claims to compensation to make up for the fact that the Bourbons had secured the Spanish throne meant that Britain kept her gains instead of returning them as she had done in 1697 . |
| 5 | I therefore walked on air as I went to Westminster Evening Institute to sign on for the next Sociology year . |
| 6 | So my visits to the Ainsworth home were frequent but undemanding , and I had ample opportunity to look out for the little cat which had intrigued me . |
| 7 | On the other hand there will be a greater onus to shop around for the best home for whatever spare cash you may have . |
| 8 | The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue . |
| 9 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |
| 10 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 11 | But first we called at Mr Macauley 's sweet shop to stock up for the frequent film changes . |
| 12 | Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves . |
| 13 | One day a week , the men were allowed a dark suit to go out for the day to visit friends or relatives . |
| 14 | Lads who spent the working day in jeans got dressed up in a suit to go out for the night . |
| 15 | ‘ Bully , ’ said Angela , speaking very earnestly to the alsatian , ‘ here 's your chance to make up for the naughty things you 've done to me . |
| 16 | But Jodi , a Rhodes scholar , will get her chance later this month , when she becomes the first woman to turn out for the men in the annual varsity match against Cambridge . |
| 17 | The Government says that many scholarships will be on offer to make up for the charges , but surely this means that only rich people and the very brightest of the less well-off will be able to afford a degree . |
| 18 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 19 | Usually , a band or artist will have only a short working life in which to earn sufficient money to live on for the rest of their lives . |
| 20 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 21 | ‘ First , because other insurers have intermediaries who are forced by competition to look around for the best price . |
| 22 | Before long , I was introduced to the hysterical world of balletomania and had had several overnight trips to Sadlers Wells theatre to queue up for the cheap seats , once even queueing all night . |
| 23 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 24 | It was Heather 's turn to wake up for the forecast … ‘ 4,5,6,7 , even gale 8 ! ’ |
| 25 | Number eight Dave Cook provided excellent support and it was his pass to Steve Glen that allowed the scrum-half to scamper over for the score . |
| 26 | As churches we feel an obligation to speak up for the least privileged in our society , for those who live in the areas of highest unemployment , poorest housing and social disintegration . |
| 27 | These rare but vivid glimpses of the extraordinary variety of life experience among the older generation in the early twentieth century are not only precious in themselves , but suggest the dangers of generalizing about the earlier past to make up for the lost history of ageing . |
| 28 | It took all her strength to reach out for the receiver and raise it stiffly to her ear . |
| 29 | If you participate in a mock interview programme you will be given an application form to fill in for the kind of job that might be available through the Compact . |
| 30 | Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase , I prefer not to . |