Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is anatomical basis of this orientation selectivity ? ( personal communication ) suggests an answer which is reminiscent of that proposed by to account for the ability of octopuses to recognize spatial patterns . |
| 2 | It is a curious miscellany , where photographs of his early ballets are mixed in with family snap-shots , pictures of his friends , souvenirs of journeys , Christmas and other greetings , a book of clothing coupons from the days of rationing , costume drawings and various illustrations cut from magazines , including a feature on Roland Petit 's ballet Carmen and examples of the ‘ new look ’ in women 's clothes when long skirts came back to fashion for the first time since the war ; he proposed a ballet about that , but it was rejected . |
| 3 | Am I glad we came out to work for the entire season , Rosie ! |
| 4 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 5 | They won 61% of the vote for Congress in March , but only 27% in December ( when far fewer people turned out to vote for the assembly ) . |
| 6 | He then rushed off to prepare for the main service of the morning as the Minster bells began to ring out . |
| 7 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 8 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 9 | Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded . |
| 10 | She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece . |
| 11 | Went in to look for the seeds so I m I might have changed , just gone , I du n no . |
| 12 | We went out to wait for the others . |
| 13 | Still , Mr Dysart went to see what 'e could do , while I went back to phone for the police . |
| 14 | Friday and I stayed to watch the prisoners , while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship . |
| 15 | Jehan suddenly thought about the possibilities of ambush , and he wheeled around to look for the trooper who was riding escort on this side . |
| 16 | She put a red plastic bowl on the refrigerator floor and sat down to wait for the ice to melt . |
| 17 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 18 | Hughie Smith , president of the National Gypsy Council , a body set up to fight for the rights of gypsies , said : ‘ The point is that York does have hundreds of acres of land . |
| 19 | He often worked in a friend 's studio , and took his meals at Rosalie 's where he peeled potatoes or washed up to pay for the meals . |