Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 It led to an abandoned fishing hamlet called Hamningberg , where we camped for the night in a grassy field studded with interesting saxifrages and other flowers .
2 That evening we left Fort St Nogent on a coach for the Gare de Lyons where we embarked for the south of France on an overnight express .
3 We decided we were n't going to get on without flirting with a lot of trouble , so we opted for the trusty 1-iron again .
4 The usual convention is to choose the reference point at infinity and choose the corresponding potential ( a ) = 0 , so we get for the potential of a point charge
5 It seemed to fly OK , so we prepared for the 482 kilometres water crossing to Australia .
6 But you need real people for a proper gloat so we headed for the cardboard suburb in the Strand .
7 By midday we were making giant strides , so we headed for the hills and learnt how to herringbone up them and swoosh down them .
8 More steam , more dust stirred up until we ran for the door gasping .
9 The motions of such a body can be calculated classically using Newton 's Laws of Motion , if we assume for the moment that the restoring forces in the connections are of the form where χ is a displacement from equilibrium .
10 If we write for the quantity of goods transferred from site i to site j ( ) , we are faced with the constraints , for each i = 1 , … , m , .
11 If we write for the current value of ( it will be zero unless is basic ) , we have seen that , when , we can still satisfy ( 8.1 ) with where for reverse , for forward and zero for all other variables .
12 If we allow for the expectations of individuals and the values ( valency ) they place on certain outcomes or rewards , then we can propose that the degree to which they will release energy in the pursuit of their goals is a function of their expectations about likely outcomes and the importance they place on those outcomes or rewards :
13 If we look for the fashion that 's the veneer , it 's the meaning that 's the more important .
14 Mary Barton continues : ‘ If we pray for the dead , Sir , will God hear us ? ’ ,
15 At Telford Fiona Baikie commented , ‘ We worked closely with our Field Officer while we prepared for the visit , and he helped college staff enormously .
16 While we wait for the pendulum to swing : Gail Counsell warns that house prices could take years to recover after the latest rise in interest rates
17 While we wait for the doctor 's diagnosis the patient may easily die .
18 He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed .
19 We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn .
20 However , as you have some discretion in these matters , Mr. Speaker , and while we wait for the Scottish electorate to remove the remainder of the Scottish Conservative party from this House , would it not be appropriate for you to give priority to Scottish Members at Scottish Question Time ?
21 We can continue debating their demise , while we wait for the day when European taxpayers rather than farmers finally call the day on the common agricultural policy .
22 While we waited for the service to finish we amused ourselves rearranging the flowers on the graves .
23 ‘ Where did you stay last night ? ’ he asked while we waited for the cameras to be set up .
24 He kissed me in the back of the car while we waited for the others , but nothing moved in me .
25 ‘ Like your party trick with the neutrino collectors and the hymetusite : we could n't have scaled it up enough to solve Earth 's energy shortfall , but it could have supported us here whilst we searched for the long-term solution — the high-mass elements in Lucifer 's core . ’
26 You talk about leading questions again that testing trial closed where we 'd just test the water before we go for the actual commitment .
27 A night-cap was called for before we retired for the evening — where better than the Rovers Return ?
28 We have to talk before we leave for the office . ’
29 The final ( Moderated ) mark is needed by the Secretary of the N.E.B.E. when we apply for the final Written Examinations of the Board .
30 I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him .
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