Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He planned to go out for dinner |
| 2 | he planned to go out for dinner , he 's even forgot about that as well . |
| 3 | Lack of time has been cited as a possible reason why a new set of criteria put before the world governing body 's council in Tokyo last year failed to come up for discussion . |
| 4 | Relevant previous circulars are cancelled , and local authorities were ‘ now asked to pick out for priority handling those applications which in their judgement will contribute most to national and local economic activity ’ . |
| 5 | On one occasion he asked Paddick out for dinner . |
| 6 | The alarm was raised by a cook who arrived for work as normal but Mrs Johnstone failed to open up for lunch-time business . |
| 7 | Kee pulled off another brilliant save and United hung on for victory . |
| 8 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 9 | I mean they were there at lunchtime when I came home and there was nobody with them so I assumed they 'd knocked off for lunch . |
| 10 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 11 | And er course we went about three weeks before that then we got invited over for tea . |
| 12 | The first Chen Sam knew about it was when reporters began ringing up for confirmation . |
| 13 | At 6 a.m. the mortar team started to drum up for breakfast . |
| 14 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 15 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 16 | The farewells they made to him , as they took his pony 's rein and made to turn back for home , were quiet and constrained , but clearly friendly . |
| 17 | David Plange added another try for the home side but Widnes fought back with further scores from Bobby Goulding and Stuart Spruce but the Eagles managed to hold on for victory . |
| 18 | The reason why timekeeping was particularly bad on Tuesdays , Wednesdays and Thursdays , when employees did turn up for work , was because the buses were so unreliable . |
| 19 | The strikers did turn up for work yesterday morning but found the gates locked . |
| 20 | When Louis summoned , exceptionally , a third assembly in the same year , at Thionville , Pippin failed to appear ; and when he did turn up for Christmas at Aachen , there was a family row . |
| 21 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 22 | She walked up the stone stairs to the sound of the scratchy long-playing record , highlights from Turandot , which she had put on as they had sat down for dinner . |
| 23 | She watched him go , realizing it was weeks since they had sat down for dinner together without an interruption , and over a week since they had made love . |
| 24 | Under the high side there was a grey Buick that I had seen Harvey driving and a long black Lincoln Continental that looked like the President of the United States had come over for pizza and beer . |
| 25 | At 0810 he gathered his staff around him for the daily conference to discuss the day ahead , before taking the morning parade of those attending various courses at the school , to ensure that everyone had turned up for work . |
| 26 | Paula James , Matthew Glyrm 's youthful amanuensis ( after a one-year course in office routines at the technical college ) had turned up for work as usual , unaware of the events which had robbed her of her employer . |
| 27 | There was some muttering among officials after the game that only nine players had turned up for training on Tuesday , but despite the defeat coach Bruce Liddle remained cheerfully optimistic . |
| 28 | Flora had gone straight to bed and though Richard had stayed up for supper , he had been too worn out to eat much . |
| 29 | When most of the dancers had set off for home , and Lucy had given Josie reason to assume that she 'd done the same , she sat in one of the empty offices for a while and then returned to the wardrobe department . |
| 30 | When we got there he got a letter to say the owner had fixed up for coal for Poole in Dorset . |