Example sentences of "[vb infin] for a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 2 | The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply . |
| 3 | He told the Federal Assembly that the devaluation , the second in less than four months , would compensate for an excess in public spending during the past nine months equivalent to US$5,400 million . |
| 4 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 5 | That is why a third principle will also count for a lot in 1991 . |
| 6 | If you do opt for a place in the countryside however , be certain that no farm livestock is in the vicinity either , as sheep especially may prove an irresistible subject of curiosity for dogs which have not encountered them before , and this can escalate to sheep-worrying . |
| 7 | My words , he could qualify for a part in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat , it 's really something . |
| 8 | A shopkeeper with a shop in Bristol Central and a home in Bristol West would now qualify for a vote in both constituencies ; under the new system , there were few ways to qualify for plural votes , but it was much easier actually to qualify , and so tens of thousands of new plural votes were created , overwhelmingly Unionist . |
| 9 | Someone unkindly suggested he should audition for a part in Jaws as a fish . |
| 10 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |
| 11 | In a piece she wrote in 1913 , Ada Nield Chew constructed an imaginary discussion between a Cockney and a Lancashire couple on women 's work and the vote , in which the London husband says : ‘ It would n't do for a man in my position to have a wife going out to work . |
| 12 | You could look for a course in assertiveness or self- esteem — in London the Women 's Therapy Centre ( 071–263 6200 ) can help ; outside it is a question of asking around , possibly at the local library . |
| 13 | Do n't just look for a job in jobcentres ’ — after all , the Government have closed down most of them — ’ but get out and actively look for temporary work elsewhere . ’ |
| 14 | In general if an illness has appeared rapidly and vigorously over a matter of hours then one should look for a cause in the preceding few hours or day at the most . |
| 15 | She would look for a flat in London . |
| 16 | Aristotle would look for an answer in terms of purpose . |
| 17 | Do you think it 's right that they should campaign for a change in the laws ? |
| 18 | Alternatively , he may provide for a change in the method of rent review , and if this is done it is usual to revert to the more traditional method of periodic reviews to market rent . |
| 19 | But what upset her particularly was the last sentence : ‘ I should go and work for a week in one of my shops but — though I could even sleep on the factory floor — I ca n't understand people working in shops . ’ |
| 20 | Let's pause for a while in order to breathe in some pure air . |
| 21 | In this form he would hover over the battlefield , dipping down to engulf enemy troopers , to consume those like fat in a furnace so that their smoke would rise up as incense into Dorn 's amber nostrils and by way of that conduit across time and space — beyond mortality itself — into the God-Emperor 's seared olfactory lobes so that the Divine Person would pause for a microsecond in his eternal scrutiny of the cosmos from his golden throne and would exclaim inwardly , ‘ What sweet fragrance is that ? |
| 22 | I could then apply for a position in the South with more certainty of success , with perhaps a choice of ports . |
| 23 | You may apply for a job in the next grade if you meet the requirements stated in the job advertisement . |
| 24 | Now Archbold might try for a double in tomorrow 's 5,000 metres event , though he is also hoping to break the course record in the Vaux Old Pit races 10K at Sunderland on Wednesday night . |
| 25 | At that time , University College had no fellow in mathematics , which was another reason he wanted me to do chemistry : I could try for a scholarship in natural science rather than in mathematics . |
| 26 | Defendants are often very keen to say that they will not pay for a disbursement in respect of a report that they have not seen . |
| 27 | We will press for an agreement in the EC 's Agricultural Council which will allow us to provide financial encouragement for organic agriculture . |
| 28 | In them days we could really go for a man in uniform . |
| 29 | But said that they went on Tuesday evening they had some people over and they were looking we were gon na go for a meal in Chorley er they 'd come over from Grantham , and they were going over on the night on the night ferry , on night boat from Hollyhead . |
| 30 | ‘ All it needs is two seats and we could go for a jaunt in it . |