Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to go in for beauty comps , he said when he was winding up his film . |
| 2 | But he cautions the prosperous townie newcomer that money and ambition will count for nothing : ‘ You must wait patiently for acceptance into the village , and learn to share the atavistic values of the region . ’ |
| 3 | Scott weaves through the gate into second place ( above ) , but must watch out for Bouncer the dog and Mrs Mangel ( below ) . |
| 4 | At the very least you should look out for password protection and virus checkers ; a more serious network station would include them as built-in hardware rather than merely as loadable utilities . |
| 5 | Basque food is traditionally based more on sauces than stews , although you should look out for marmitako , tunny fish stewed with tomatoes , potatoes , green peppers and bread . |
| 6 | Mr Scannell warns that if you own French property you must plan ahead for inheritance — under French law your children will have first crack at the property . |
| 7 | Former full-time housewives should search around for evidence of skills other than domestic ones . |
| 8 | Similarly , if a floating.point compare instruction is provided , it should test not for equality but for an absolute difference lying within this range . |
| 9 | Throughout the present chapter , and indeed elsewhere in this report , we have intimated that policies too must come in for scrutiny . |
| 10 | Jacob is the one who with his descendants is destined for God 's land , while Esau must turn aside for Seir . |
| 11 | If he pays in first and then has to make an interim payment and he wants to make that payment out of the money in court , he must ask specifically for leave to do so and also to amend his notice of payment in so as to refer to the fact that some of the money has been paid out . |
| 12 | I 'll wake you and we 'll stop somewhere for breakfast . |
| 13 | I wonder if we could get away with telling my mum that we 'll go away for Christmas and New Year . |
| 14 | We 'll go out for dinner . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 'll go down for life . ’ |
| 16 | Wright said the board might go overseas for reprocessing , if necessary . |
| 17 | Ahhh I shall have to tell him then , he said cos that 'll come up for sale then . |
| 18 | ‘ We 'll come over for tea . |
| 19 | Perhaps I 'll come by for coffee another time , Sister . |
| 20 | By now he was concerned with practical details : ‘ You might scout around for mesh stockings ! |
| 21 | Oh yes , I can see what you 've done , I tried to ring you and it said erm out of order , cos I was ringing to say I 'm coming to the bank this morning so I 'll pop in for coffee . |
| 22 | The method of ‘ verstehen ’ could be quite insufficiently explanatory , or could fall back for explanation on a ( theoretically circular ) ‘ informing spirit ’ . |
| 23 | Perhaps we four could meet up for dinner ? ’ |
| 24 | The dacha was owned by a doctor who , Vasili reasoned , would be able to snap Lena out of her trance ; then the two of them could set off for Tula on the banks of the River Don where they would lie low until , with time , the investigation wound down . |
| 25 | Well , it was all to the good ; after he 'd finished skiing for the day they 'd return to the cottage , and she 'd set out for home . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose I could go in for advertising . ’ |
| 27 | If you were lucky er and you had friends in , you could go out for tea and , and that 's about all there was . |
| 28 | We 'd go out for dinner or we 'd be |
| 29 | Significantly , though , the Soviet leader added that since a new constitution was being prepared , any article could come up for review , and this included Article 6 . |
| 30 | And they 'd , they 'd come in for surgery and you know you 'd nurse them back again . |