Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It hardly seemed to augur well for the firm 's chances when it goes head-to head with the likes of Brown Boveri ASEA or GEC Alsthom . |
| 2 | It was only when he was confronted by God , broken and forced to give up his pride , that he began to see clearly for the first time the vast difference between living a self-directed life and living for God . |
| 3 | He began to search irritably for the key . |
| 4 | However , horns were generally seen as desirable , especially for harnessing plough oxen , and it was not until the eighteenth century that Scottish farmers began to breed selectively for the polled factor in order to make the cattle of Galloway easier to manage on the long droves to the London markets . |
| 5 | Companies therefore began to compete strongly for the best staff , wooing them with better salaries , conditions of work and career development opportunities . |
| 6 | Chris started to cry again for the drink . |
| 7 | ‘ For Your Freedom and Ours ; Poland , Scotland and the Second World War ’ looks at how the men of the 1st Polish Army corps adapted to their new surroundings and , in many cases , decided to settle here for the rest of their lives . |
| 8 | She decided to head straight for the drawing-room at the back of the house , where she worked . |
| 9 | Ramsay , who found himself at the head of nearly a thousand men of Lothian , largely Lindsays — whose chief , Sir David , Keeper of Edinburgh Castle , was sick and so not present — Setons , Hepburns , Sinclairs , Keiths and other lesser clans , as well as his own men , offered to ride fast for the Borderland , to join Scott of Rankilburn whom Douglas had alerted to watch Dunbar ; together they would make up a force large enough to give that Earl pause . |
| 10 | Sir Henry , it will be recalled , was the seventeenth-century poet and diplomat who defined an ambassador as ‘ an honest man sent to lie abroad for the the good of his country . ’ |
| 11 | I planned to stay there for the summer , and then learn how to be a better actress . |
| 12 | Another part of the emancipation legislation appeared to do more for the cause of local representation , but proved to create as many problems as it solved . |
| 13 | Not Adam Burns , though — oh no , he had to go straight for the jugular . |
| 14 | Support continued to come forward for the Appeal from Branches , individuals and organisations . |
| 15 | This meant that Thompson had to look elsewhere for the engram underlying eyeblink conditioning . |
| 16 | When the gravel was exposed , a stream of clean water flowed from it and continued to do so for the next 7 days . |
| 17 | She marched straight into Tony Richardson 's office in her summer dress and sandals , sorted out Walter 's money to her satisfaction , and continued to do so for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Tom Jones , nine Merchant-Ivory films and more recently Ballad of the Sad Café , from Carson McCullers 's poignant novel . |
| 18 | However , Parke may soon be at the heels of Del Harris , the 20-year-old England No. 1 who had to battle hard for the second day in succession . |
| 19 | We had to stay there for the winter , however , because the ship needed repairs and the captain was ill . |
| 20 | Rigney , the strong redhead , had to return home for the tour and Donal Lenihan was flown out as his replacement . |
| 21 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |