Example sentences of "[vb infin] for the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | So in 1973 Andy decided to try and qualify for the Open at Royal Troon — and it was here that an incident occurred that changed his career . |
2 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
3 | Do n't wait for it Appleton if you want to save your insipid self from being punctured or badly handled all you can Do for the Better of our ESTEEMED BURMA is GET OUT ! |
4 | Amdahl says its own effort will do for the top-end of the Unix market what Novell Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc are doing for low-end and desktop Unix . |
5 | Amdahl hopes its part of the exercise will do for the top-end of the Unix market what Novell Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc are doing for low-end and desktop Unix . |
6 | He 's gon na see him again , do n't get me wrong , Doctor said he 'll send for the both of us , right ? |
7 | Originally established in 1889 to ‘ provide for the poor of the neighbourhood … nursing in their own homes in maternity and other cases ’ ( Plaistow Maternity Hospital 1903 ) , it charged no fee for the attendance of a midwife where the husband 's wage was less than 21 shillings . |
8 | Erm it would cost for the four for the four nights of the con conference , that 's from the Wednesday night to the Saturday night inclusive , six pounds a night each will almost cover the cost and we 've fitted in an extra person on the floor at three pounds a night that would clear the cost completely . |
9 | He does n't just hope for the best in other people — he genuinely believes in it . |
10 | Otherwise I 'll pay for the fine for being on a yellow line . |
11 | Tonally there 's a lot more bottom end than I was expecting , and while it would n't pass for the finest of Martins , it 's good enough to fit into any acoustic line-up and would certainly be bright enough to handle picking and single line solos . |
12 | I was n't allowed to s sit for the eleven plus . |
13 | ‘ Then let me arrange for the two of you to meet . ’ |
14 | Although Doody 's notion of incarnation in poetry really does not account for the hundreds of poems written by women to the standard abstractions such as sleep , pity , and wisdom , yet there is certainly a strain in the poetry of eighteenth century women which might take as its best emblem Esther Lewis perched on her stilts . |