Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor had he to wait long there for the train running in connection with the sailing of the ‘ Iona ’ steamship from Greenock . |
| 2 | I had to go down there for the preview and then go down and bid . |
| 3 | Do you remember when we used to come out here for the primroses ? |
| 4 | So Kalmu was launched on a highly successful career as a shamanistic seer and miracle-worker which enabled him to acquire both wealth and power and hence to compensate very effectively for the severe disabilities under which he laboured on account of his low caste origins . |
| 5 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 6 | Individuals have to search more intensively for the most favourably priced goods , and firms have to determine their new prices ( not easy when production costs are continually changing ) and then disseminate the information . |
| 7 | By 1907 however , trade was beginning to fall off again for the Edinburgh printing offices . |
| 8 | With young Moray 's and the Steward 's help , Ramsay persuaded him not to wait any longer for the arrival of the Earl of Sutherland 's and the Ross levies , but to march for the Border forthwith . |
| 9 | 1982 ) , monogamous males might be expected to compete as intensely for the best mates or territories as do polygynous males for the biggest harems . |
| 10 | Our academic staff will have to compete very hard for the research money to continue their activities , while at the same time maintaining the quality of the teaching they offer students . |
| 11 | It goes far towards helping to account not only for the high and growing degree of relative autonomy from non-Nazi élites enjoyed by Hitler and the Nazi leadership , but also — as the counterweight to terror , repression , and intimidation — for the weakness of resistance to the regime . |
| 12 | In the past , many students were so petrified about stalling that they could not be persuaded to hold off properly for the landing . |
| 13 | Close pal Ince will lead the rookie side that Taylor plans to name late today for the first of three US Cup games . |
| 14 | Neighbouring schools may actively encourage difficult and demanding families to seek somewhere else for the education of their children . |
| 15 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 16 | John Upson says he did n't use to care too much for the National , because it was cruel to horses , but now it is safer and there 's a lot of magic and mystique attached to it . |
| 17 | We shall have to go pretty hard for the rest of the year to cover this interest and generate greater earnings per share . |
| 18 | But all these statements revealed the desire of the assembly to pray more ardently for the spirit of unity to reconcile people . |
| 19 | Some were able to return home yesterday for the first time since Thursday . |
| 20 | The World Cup referees must have felt that the ball had ‘ been killed ’ on the ground and that it was therefore necessary to blow straight away for the penalty rather than wait for the advantage to occur . |
| 21 | The Saturday shift always seemed to drag on endlessly for the elderly night watchman and he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends . |
| 22 | Erm tell me about Caldmore Green itself now , erm the shops here seem to cater so well for the Asian community , er is this really so , I mean do you have everything |
| 23 | The words and their phrasing left no doubt that the princess had been placed under considerable pressure to speak out publicly for the first time since her marriage to Prince Charles . |