Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I already wear a lot of Joe Bloggs ’ stuff because I do n't dress up for special occasions . |
| 2 | is n't there a risk that if we do n't keep a reasonable balance between employment and employment demand and employment supply in North Yorkshire , we shall finish up for different reasons with a need to regenerate the economy of Yorkshire , North Yorkshire ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why I wo n't speak up for fat people ’ by She-Devil star Julie T Wallace |
| 4 | WHY I WO N'T SPEAK UP FOR FAT PEOPLE ! |
| 5 | So : all of us who are in The Third Age , let's look out for other people and their needs ! |
| 6 | The private columns are thick with them , but buyers should look out for complete service histories as many are clocked . |
| 7 | However , although it is the ideal course of action for John — allowing him to take advantage of some of the excellent schemes around at the moment as well as releasing cash that has been building up in his home over the years — he should look out for excessive costs that a remortgage can incur . |
| 8 | When the blacksmith decides to make some new tongs for himself , he may just look around for suitable pieces of scrap which he will then fashion into the desired tools . |
| 9 | Once you have thoroughly reorganized your existing storage you can look around for new surfaces to conquer . |
| 10 | Those councils which wanted to could make up for lost grant by increasing rate levels , and many did so , so that overall levels of spending did not fall significantly . |
| 11 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
| 12 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
| 13 | Succeeding in this would make up for previous frustration in attempts to follow Bowen . |
| 14 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 15 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 16 | Like a true professional , Floyd was determined the show would go on for New Year 's Eve at his pub , the Maltsters Arms . |
| 17 | ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said . |
| 19 | But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies . |
| 20 | I do n't go in for serious boyfriends . |
| 21 | Anyway , I do n't go in for sharp manoeuvres much myself . |
| 22 | ‘ We should go in for wholesale demolition of buildings from the Sixties and Seventies . |
| 23 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But we do n't go in for top models , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’ |
| 27 | They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment |
| 28 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 29 | Parker did not go in for German beer . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection , ’ he murmured , ‘ but you 're irresistible . |