Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chair fell back with a clatter as he lurched to his feet , wanting to call out for help . |
| 2 | And we 're going to go out for lunch . |
| 3 | Da says he 's going to come down for tea with — ’ |
| 4 | It 's a fact of life that if you 're in any way well known , then you 're going to come in for criticism . |
| 5 | I wan na go , I 'm going to school tomorrow but I 'm going to come home for lunch . |
| 6 | She had made it halfway before deciding to come up for air , turning her face upwards as she broke the surface only to collide in a tangle of arms and legs , with a strong , masculine body . |
| 7 | Ron finally became angry and wrote me a letter asking when I was going to turn up for training . |
| 8 | SELECTING jurors is ‘ a lottery within a lottery ’ and can be unfair to the administration of justice , an Old Bailey judge said yesterday , as he fined a man £100 for failing to turn up for jury service on the second day of a trial because it was ‘ not his scene ’ . |
| 9 | The 26-year-old striker later claimed he had picked up a groin injury but then breached club regulations and widened the rift with Wilkinson by failing to turn up for training or treatment on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 10 | If he is consistently having to refer back for support this will not only weaken his standing with the contractor , but it will cause uncertainty and delay to the contract . |
| 11 | ’ A world away from complaining about having to get home for bath duty every second night , you mean ? ’ |
| 12 | Is there any point in trying to go away for Easter now if there 's so much going on ? |
| 13 | The government announced on Aug. 20 that it was planning to open up for exploration by foreign oil companies areas that had hitherto been reserved for Indian state-owned companies . |