Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb base] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look how he blooded Speed and Batty … he did nt chuck them in and hope for the best . |
| 2 | Maybe he 'd already unearthed what was left , and it was too late just to warn him off and hope for the best . |
| 3 | Instead of waiting a matter of seconds for the lights to change , the hapless riders either remain in the saddle , take a chance when they see a gap in the traffic , or get off and wait for the green man . |
| 4 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |
| 5 | After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg . |
| 6 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 7 | But grypesh do much the same as we do : they hole up and wait for the weather to pass . ’ |
| 8 | Only then did he zip himself up and reach for the telephone . |
| 9 | Get out and speak for the organization today , and be honest . |
| 10 | But he 's got to do it on Access because there 's no money in the bank to write a cheque out and pay for the suit . |
| 11 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |
| 12 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |