Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why — ’ raising her head to give him a grateful look ‘ — I had none to spare for a meal at this place . ’ |
| 2 | The pioneer of bee research Karl von Frisch recalls ( and we have observed ) instances in which the trained foragers began to anticipate subsequent moves and to wait for the feeder at the presumptive new location . |
| 3 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 4 | Sometimes I used to go for a pee at this point . |
| 5 | She was the sort of woman who used to come for the weekend at home , sometimes , with a suitcase full of little black dresses for cocktails and dinner . |
| 6 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 7 | When I saw from the papers that Miss Ella Shields , the original Burlington Bertie from Bow , was to appear for a week at the Pantages Theatre on Hastings Street , I made it a point of seeing the show . |
| 8 | But the most important fact requiring explanation is the depth at which the bases of the reefs occur : in other words some mechanism is required to provide for the depth at which coral is found , because this is much lower than the depth at which reef-building corals flourish . |
| 9 | I beg to move , to leave out from ’ House ’ to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof : regrets that Her Majesty 's Government 's preoccupation with divisions in its own Party has meant that in the Inter-Governmental Conferences it has not taken the negotiating approach necessary to ensure that the United Kingdom exercises decisive influence on the future of the Community in ways which will help to advance the living and working standards of the people of this country in company with other peoples of Europe ; calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to work for an agreement at the European Council which ensures inclusion of the Social Charter , qualified majority voting on social and environmental matters , powers for the European Parliament to hold the Commission to account in ways that complement the role of national parliaments , decision-making at the level — local , regional , national or Community — where maximum democratic control is at all times exercised , foreign and security policy co-operation without the development of a European Community military role , widening of the Community as rapidly as practicable , co-operation to combat terrorism and other crime , and strengthened powers for ECOFIN as the politically responsible counterpart to any European Central Bank system ; and urges the Government to work to secure agreement to , and adopt policies for , high levels of employment , sustainable non-inflationary growth , balanced regional and national economic development and social cohesion , and for the fundamental reform of the CAP , in order to achieve real economic convergence in the years leading to economic and monetary union and a single currency as the essential foundation for those changes and to safeguard the long-term interests of the people of the United Kingdom . ' . |
| 10 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | If you have to stand for a while at work or in a queue , it would be helpful to have one leg behind the other with the feet at about 45 degrees to each other . |
| 12 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 13 | Coming to Old Gang Smelting Mills we stopped to look for a while at the most complete collection of buildings still standing in the mining field , although comparing them now with photographs taken in the 1930s it 's obvious that they 're slowly falling apart . |
| 14 | Since this practice is not yet by any means universal , and the player may not have come across it before , a note of explanation should be given at the beginning of the part , otherwise the asterisk will cause the player to look for a footnote at the bottom of the page . |
| 15 | He said he was going to look for a radiator at a scrap yard somewhere passed Akers Way . |
| 16 | Though urged by the school to apply for a place at Oxbridge , she chose instead to go to Sussex University , as bright young people often did in the 1970s , because the new universities were considered exciting and innovatory places to study at . |
| 17 | In 1977 I enlisted the help of the Department at Nottingham to apply for a place at St Antony 's , an international studies college at Oxford . |
| 18 | Ptr. , 1960 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 3 , where the executor of a deceased licence holder to whom the licence had been transferred failed , through inadvertence , not only to apply for a renewal at the next half-yearly meeting , but also to request a licensing court to deal with the matter at an adjourned meeting . |
| 19 | A substantial number of these students have either been speakers of RP or had accents only slightly different from it , and their usual reaction to being told to use for the vowel at the end of ‘ easy ’ , ‘ busy ’ has been one of puzzlement and frustration ; like them , I can not equate this vowel with the vowel of ‘ bit ’ . |
| 20 | In a modern society , it is — more or less — up to the individuals or couples to choose the age at which they marry or enter into one kind of conjugal union or another , to decide whether they should have a child or children or not , mow many children they want to have and at what intervals , and to opt for an age at which they want to cease childbearing , etc . |
| 21 | Jilly had passed her A level in English Literature the summer before , having notably failed to acquire any qualifications except a pass in O level Divinity at her expensive school : now she was hoping to qualify for a course at the Open University . |
| 22 | To qualify for a course at the ICO officers must have done a minimum of ten years ' service . |
| 23 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 24 | Joint initiatives at all levels of pre- and postregistration courses are now being introduced , and more qualified staff are choosing to study for a qualification at diploma or degree level as part of their continuing professional education . |
| 25 | offers two training posts with the opportunity to study for an M.Sc at the University of Surrey , Guildford . |
| 26 | England will probably be happy to settle for a draw at Eden Gardens and force the pace in the second Test in Madras . |
| 27 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 28 | He had to settle for the seat at Sladen 's right hand , opposite the Assistant Secretary . |
| 29 | Near the end of the novel the clergyman is left ‘ … in strange Embarrassment , not knowing how to account for a Mind at once so enlighten 'd , and so ridiculous . ’ |
| 30 | Studies published in the National Geographic Society 's journal Research & Exploration show that the phenomenon thought to account for the warming at night — increased cloud cover — is probably caused by the warming itself and will thus continue to moderate the effect as long as the warming continues by keeping day temperatures lower . |