Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 2 | After referring to the ability of partners to sue for a libel on their firm he said , at pp. 145 , 146–147 , 148 : |
| 3 | That is why — ’ raising her head to give him a grateful look ‘ — I had none to spare for a meal at this place . ’ |
| 4 | This puts industry off voluntary controls and it tends to wait for a law to be brought in . |
| 5 | Ebert , Fest and I. We were after the assassins of the T'ang 's Minister , Lwo Kang , and had been told to wait for a contact from our Triad connections there . |
| 6 | Does the Minister agree with the view therefore , that nurses that nurses should be given the authority to admit patients to hospital provided there is a bed without having to wait for a decision to be to be made by a doctor ? |
| 7 | With someone who 's not I 'd try and get them to wait for a couple of days and then if they would n't I 'd go through the and get them it today . |
| 8 | Each call sent out by a client has to wait for a response before another is sent . |
| 9 | Each call sent out by a client has to wait for a response before another is sent . |
| 10 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 11 | He thought of sitting down to wait for a break in the storm but that could have been all night so he struggled on downhill , angling a little to the left , until he met the treeline at the bottom of the meadow . |
| 12 | At a corner he stopped to wait for a break in the traffic . |
| 13 | But they had to wait for a host of their rivals to commit pop suicide before they could begin the job of moulding this new discovery . |
| 14 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 15 | You can use GET and GET$ whenever you want your program to wait for a reply before continuing . |
| 16 | Speaking before the ASEAN standing committee in September 1984 , the Malaysian Foreign Minister declared that it would be a mistake to wait for a solution to the Kampuchean problem before making attempts to implement the idea of the zone of peace , freedom and neutrality . |
| 17 | I feel sorry for the Tories , they will only be able to go for a cruise around the world once instead of two or three times a year . |
| 18 | It was his habit to go for a run round his island every day before breakfast , and that morning , because rain was forecast for the rest of the day , he 'd taken advantage of the brief spell of fine weather early on to gather up driftwood from the beach after his run . |
| 19 | ‘ What I 'd really like to do now is to go for a drink with you . |
| 20 | To go for a drive in a boyfriend 's car seemed the height of sophistication . |
| 21 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 22 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
| 23 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 24 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 25 | If they like it , the answer is to go for a swim by buying PEPs , ’ says Amanda . |
| 26 | There 's nowhere for him to go for a bit of company — he wo n't go to the day hospital because he thinks they 'll make him take drugs . |
| 27 | Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements . |
| 28 | We decide to go for a ride on the lake and rush to harness the dogs . |
| 29 | He practically invited you to go for a ride in his car . |
| 30 | Sometimes I used to go for a pee at this point . |