Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 2 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 3 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 4 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 5 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 6 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 7 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 8 | If you did n't watch out for the traffic |
| 9 | ‘ Though do watch out for the stones , wo n't you , my dear ? |
| 10 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
| 11 | All you have to do is look down for the B numbers , now |
| 12 | But how does the cake divide up for the punters ? |
| 13 | There is nothing more important than that we should stick up for the system that we have inherited down the ages , and that still has so much to offer the people of our country . " |
| 14 | Roulé is available at most good cheese stores but do look out for the name . |
| 15 | Do look out for the windows . |
| 16 | I did n't stick around for the session . |
| 17 | A composer is haunted by certain themes , subjects or moods , and he must look around for the stories or dramatic vehicles he needs to bring these themes to life as musical theatre . |
| 18 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
| 19 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 20 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 21 | Cos I 've got ta make up for the sleep I lost erm yesterday . |
| 22 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 23 | Come on , Miss Williams , you 're not so naïve that you honestly believe that a mere apology will make up for the way you behaved . ’ |
| 24 | I suppose I was conceited enough to imagine that the amount of love I have for her would make up for the deprivations . |
| 25 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 26 | ‘ I think perhaps the bike will make up for the Brownies , ’ Daddy confided to Mummy . |
| 27 | Nothing , according to Slater , will make up for the fact that Alpha is three years late to market . |
| 28 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
| 29 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 30 | I just cos when I see children like that and you know there 's nothing you can really do for them , you ca n't make up for the fact that they 've got a rotten home life and that 's top and bottom line that 's what it is ! |