Example sentences of "put [adv prt] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So anyway I put in for this job and and there were people who who ought to have got it before me , er for instance er there was a councillor at er at , Tom , did you know Tom ?
2 So of course when Tom was put up and er there was about five of us put up for this job , they was all members of that union and I was n't .
3 Well I was very reluctant to put in for this job , I did n't want to really , but I was you know people said , Put in for it , you wo n't get it if you put in .
4 So then I had to put in for another grant because he 'd smashed every damn thing .
5 that that green was n't put on for that competition .
6 Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting .
7 Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses
8 if we lose out the argument that we should put in for some increase next year , and and we think it 's going to be very difficult to sustain an argument ,
9 I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity .
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