Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] for [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 On annual leave the rest right this wants to go in for quarter of an hour does n't it ?
2 At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design .
3 Smith was the latest to go off for examination of foot bruising , Nick Knight substituting briefly in the field .
4 that 's right , yes you have to tell them what to look out for kind of thing
5 I felt totally drawn into the piece as I recognised struggled I 've had with my own mother and my feelings of shame , and fear , talking about sex — the terrible silence that develops which no one attempts to break down for fear of the pain ‘ that ‘ conversation would bring ’ .
6 He 'd had to break off for lack of an English verb that he remembered as soon as Bacci pronounced it .
7 In some African francophone countries it is not unusual for government data-processing offices to close down for lack of paper .
8 Conflict of Laws — Jurisdiction — Restitution — Banks conducting speculative financial transactions on behalf of local authorities — Transactions declared void ab initio — Banks ' claims for restitution against Scottish authority brought in England — Motion by Scottish authority to strike out for want of jurisdiction — Whether special jurisdiction in English court — Whether matter ‘ relating to a contract ’ — Whether ‘ relating to tort ’ — Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 ( c. 27 ) , Sch .
9 without prejudice correspondence was admissible for the determination of applications to strike out for want of prosecution .
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