Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was indeed a steady brain drain ; and some , like Lieberich , had intended to come for a visit rather than to stay permanently . |
| 2 | The payment will be available to teaching staff until such time as the Teachers ' Superannuation ( Scotland ) Regulations are amended to provide for an injury allowance . |
| 3 | Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win . |
| 4 | They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September . |
| 5 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 6 | Confronted with a murder charge , defence lawyers resolved to try for a verdict of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility . |
| 7 | Oh I was c come come for a holiday . |
| 8 | Sampson , like many others , had come looking for a kill before the numbers fell . |
| 9 | One car is expected to sell for a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 10 | WinServers are expected to sell for an average of £40,000 to £50,000 in the UK — prices are n't available until the systems are ready to ship — and will be offered with Oracle 7.0 , Microsoft SQL Server and other database options . |
| 11 | As with the Faculty scholarships , overseas students will be expected to apply for an ORS award . |
| 12 | But Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish was keeping his cards traditionally close to his chest about Shearer , who is expected to challenge for an England place against Holland in Rotterdam next month . |
| 13 | But Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish was keeping his cards traditionally close to his chest about Shearer , who is expected to challenge for an England place against Holland in Rotterdam next month . |
| 14 | I mean fifteen hours in in a week is not much at all when you consider how much you 're expected to do for a degree |
| 15 | In Fig. 11–11 the median voter is constrained to vote for an output combination along 18 of the budget line 12 because otherwise the local authority would set tax rates that left the poorest citizens with a minimum income level lower than that regarded as acceptable ; i.e. they would set a tax greater than 19 . |
| 16 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 17 | The hearing is expected to last for a number of days . |
| 18 | We had resolved to press for a route which would take the march into the walled centre of the city and expected opposition from the moderate members of the CRA . |
| 19 | Those in working-class jobs and those with no jobs at all might be expected to opt for a party that offers some degree of social change and appears more empathic toward the " have-nots " than toward the " haves . " |
| 20 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 21 | They also are expected to call for a UN arms embargo . |
| 22 | But this is a misleading term , even when " myth " is understood in the technical sense of a " religious text designed to account for a custom , institution or other phenomenon " . |
| 23 | New boys were excused fagging for a fortnight until they had found their feet . |
| 24 | In these circumstances one is predisposed to seek for a limitation which can fairly be read as implicit in the scheme of the legislation . |
| 25 | 6–9 Mrs Holliday , Bowmore , applied for the baptism of her daughter in the absence of her husband who was on a voyage to Africa and not expected to return for a year , and as they were " satisfied with Mrs Holliday 's knowledge as to the ordinance and the obligation " they agreed . |
| 26 | The nearest he had ever approached to any hint of levity was when he had stopped frowning for an instant the day that news had reached him of the death of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in Rome . |
| 27 | Later it was even specified that should there be for any reason no foreskin to sever , blood must still be made to flow for a rite to be effected and for the individual to enter the covenant . |
| 28 | They looked at the low asset base and in the end it was decided to go for a trade sale . ’ |
| 29 | But in the two decades since this mindless butchery no one has been made to answer for a crime which sent shockwaves far beyond the shores of Ulster . |
| 30 | But on the basis of these latest extremely encouraging results , the joint venture has decided to apply for an exploitation licence in the Laurenzana permit area . |