Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 This company is well-known to us , and they know our equipment , and we are satisfied that any after-sales service work they carry out for us will be done to a high standard .
3 ‘ And if you 're feeling tired , what about a dose or two of that tonic you make up for the patients ? ’
4 And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match …
5 Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College .
6 Each day we look out for the postman — but so far there 's been nothing .
7 Once a month I go out for a serious session — the last of which was a hard circuit of Radnor Forest , but I enjoyed it tremendously . ’
8 The following morning we set off for Verona .
9 What they lack in brawn they make up for in skill .
10 The board has the same switches on it as I have on the rack , so if Bryan presses the board they light up for me too , so I can see what he 's got on .
11 Then I was summoned for a talk : ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll get this man you suspect in for interrogation and the truth will triumph ’ .
12 What the two presidential candidates lack in experience of government they make up for in wealth and good connections .
13 The sort of thing you read about for a cheap thrill in the advice column of a woman 's magazine — it really happens , it happens to you .
14 The list you draw up for the exercise might be completely different .
15 I do n't know how much pressure we put on for the police to get off their butts and do something .
16 If the master you rely on for your temporal well-being has not dealt with you , that is , already .
17 A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland .
18 They accost me in the street every time I walk every time I walk down for money , they 're
19 First time I go out for a week and I 'm on tablets !
20 Depends on time you go out for a time
21 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
22 With a companion in a BN Islander and Spencer in an Aero Commander they set off for Botswana .
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