Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece . |
| 2 | Went in to look for the seeds so I m I might have changed , just gone , I du n no . |
| 3 | Red Cross workers in Oxford are preparing beds and fixing up catering for the evacuees who can stay at the centre for anything up to four months . |
| 4 | So does that add up to conflict for the pubs ; healthy drinking verses healthy profit ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This part of the city lacks the individual character of Robyn 's own suburb , where healthfood stores and sportswear boutiques and alternative bookshops have sprung up to cater for the students and liberal-minded yuppies who live there ; and still more does it lack the green amenities of the residential streets around the University . |
| 8 | We went out to wait for the others . |
| 9 | At 8am a convoy of vans and unmarked police cars swept out heading for the addresses . |
| 10 | Still , Mr Dysart went to see what 'e could do , while I went back to phone for the police . |
| 11 | The rest of the time , he 'd stay with one of his friends when they were out campaigning for the animals . ’ |
| 12 | They work out how much money to feed back to pay for the inputs for the next year , and the remainder is profit . |
| 13 | The professionals sat around waiting for the gentlemen to return before the match was called off . |
| 14 | We ca n't stand around waiting for the fingerprints man , he could be hours . ’ |
| 15 | The soundtrack is industrial dance , the punters the kind of alternative/college crowd who presumably are about to go for The Shamen in a big way . |
| 16 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 17 | Roll out the fondant icing into a large round or square ( depending on the size and shape of the cake to be covered ) , about 10cm ( 4inches ) larger all round to allow for the sides . |