Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [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 | The alarm was raised by a cook who arrived for work as normal but Mrs Johnstone failed to open up for lunch-time business . |
| 6 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 7 | At 6 a.m. the mortar team started to drum up for breakfast . |
| 8 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 12 | He said to watch out for imagination . |