Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother goes in for the bingo . |
| 2 | An animal capable of symbolization can carry away from a situation an inner trace that stands in for the response it may make when it next encounters the situation . |
| 3 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 4 | Taken from her monthly BBC Radio ‘ Woman 's Hour ’ series and culminating as she flies over for the opening night of ‘ 84 Charing Cross Road ’ . |
| 5 | Day Two : At 8.00am breakfast is on the table and your cruiser casts off for the sail to the ancient spa town of Bad Schandau . |
| 6 | As the snake closes in for the kill , its mouth sensors guide it with deadly accuracy . |
| 7 | HOW sickening that President Bush has to fend off allegations of a long-ago affair as he gears up for the US election . |
| 8 | Everyone , it seemed , was anxious to contribute , and ‘ Oh , the rubbish that turns up for the Dolls ' House . ’ |
| 9 | Although she turns up for the interview her customary peaked-capped urchin self , she is worried that her feminist interpreters will consider her video a sell-out . |
| 10 | GARY ARMSTRONG will take another giant step towards reviving his Scotland career when he lines up for the Barbarians at Leicester on December 28 . |
| 11 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 12 | It is a low repetitive moan that she keeps up for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 13 | She never buys a paper and never goes out for the evening . |
| 14 | ‘ He bends over for the SS , ’ said the mummy 's cap-wearing friend , making an obscene fist , ‘ you can tell . |
| 15 | He speaks as a Conservative representing a coal mining area and he truly speaks up for the industry . |
| 16 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 17 | Finally , exhausted and irritable , he gives in for the sake of peace . |
| 18 | Then , when the predator moves in for the kill , at the very last moment the butterfly fish switch direction and dash rapidly forward , leaving the frustrated would-be killers snapping at empty water . |
| 19 | It has the speed , the stamina and the ability to think as it moves in for the kill and needs to out-think a twisting and turning rabbit . |
| 20 | A fox on the run , seconds before the leading hound moves in for the kill . |
| 21 | Every other Friday , London club Rage moves over for the night , bringing its own choice of DJs . |
| 22 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 23 | Sir , I 'd like to bring your attention to erm a plan prepared by Partnership which is submitted as part of their evidence , which erm sets out for the south and southwest the er coalescence of existing settlements . |
| 24 | A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first . |
| 25 | Always comes over for the hunting — do n't know why , for she ca n't have ridden a horse for centuries ! — and leads poor Woolacombe a dog 's life . ’ |
| 26 | If the person makes up for the deficit by eating extra nutritious food , then he or she might have an adequate amount of nutrients , but the high overall food and calorie intake will lead to obesity . |
| 27 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 28 | Why exactly the authorities wish to deprive so many thousand people of their bread and butter when the becak is cheap , pollution-free and makes up for the deficiencies in mass transit , is a mystery . |
| 29 | Since Intersolv reckons that maintenance accounts for some half of all programming work in MVS sites , and says that the research makes up for the bulk of this work , the potential time savings for users and the potential market for Intersolv are substantial . |
| 30 | He makes up for the boredom and emptiness of his own life by creating a dramatic emotional triangle for these puppets of his imagination , only to realise finally that his puppets are dancing to quite another tune . |