Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to go out for lunch . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 3 | Businessmen working away from home frequently describe the tension on their return when their partners , who have been shut in with the children all week , suggest going out for dinner . |
| 4 | The gap seems to be widening between Serbs who want to fight on for Greater Serbia , now , and those who think that goal must be postponed . |
| 5 | I tend to look out for Parmas result , but I support Leeds . |
| 6 | ‘ Arrest warrant out for Clowes ’ partner years before collapse' . |
| 7 | Remember to listen out for Katie and friends on Radio 2 |
| 8 | Remember to listen out for Katie and friends on Radio 2 |
| 9 | Remember to look out for Alwyn Crawshaw 's TV series , A Brush With Art , starting on October 4th on Channel 4 ! |
| 10 | He , too , was quiet during the drive back , but as he pulled in outside her flat he said thoughtfully , as if they were continuing a conversation , ‘ Of course , some guys get invited up for coffee . ’ |
| 11 | She come off the phone and she said , bloody hell she said that one of the rare times I go to the trouble of making myself butties for dinner , cos usually she gets a pasty or something , and I get invited out for dinner , you this Viv er , a friend of hers , you know the one that was having trouble with all that drainage underneath the |
| 12 | Thousands set to flock in for country festival |
| 13 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |
| 14 | Before that girl took up with you the most she ever did in her life was get dressed up for church . |
| 15 | Giants set to sign up for showdown |
| 16 | I decide to go out for cigarettes ; a short walk will do me good . |
| 17 | Troubles continue to pile up for Sequoia Systems Inc and now Ultimate Corp has filed a lawsuit against it alleging among other things that Sequoia has sold and attempted to sell its computer systems and maintenance services directly to Ultimate 's dealers and customers in violation of its contractual obligations , that it has disparaged and defamed Ultimate to such customers and dealers , and has interfered with Ultimate 's relationships with such customers and dealers . |
| 18 | He shook hands with scores of clerks , cooks and cleaners who had overcome feelings of revulsion and fear to turn up for work after the brutal and ghastly murder of their friend and colleague , who had been chained to a 1,000lb bomb . |
| 19 | I was born here and I try to stick up for Britain — but things are bad . ’ |
| 20 | Greer gearing up for champion status |
| 21 | Abingdon , Aylesbury not so bad now , but do watch out for traffic on the A34 ; that 's still pretty busy there . |
| 22 | When employees fail to turn up for work today , it can often cause huge management headaches , particularly in labour intensive industries where absence may require reallocation of production line work and potential bottlenecks in the system . |
| 23 | People arrive late or fail to turn up for meetings . |
| 24 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’ |
| 26 | Available at £3.75 , call free on for stockists . |
| 27 | And , yes , the cities do close down for August — and in mid-February . |
| 28 | Creamy crab cocktail was fine , but the smoked fish pie it 's only meat pies we 've given up for Lent was n't so much smoked as immolated . |
| 29 | I said brazenly , ‘ I 've come back for tea , after all . ’ |
| 30 | No I 've come in for physio actually . |