Example sentences of "of [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It went without saying that he did n't want to be seen , but it was worth the extra discomfort of hanging around for the extra information that he might pick up . |
| 2 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 3 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 4 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 5 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 6 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 7 | So , instead of splashing out for the big one , we 've got a number of gorgeous jewels to give away . |
| 8 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 9 | Austin , Texas-based , Tivoli Systems Inc has appointed Chris Grafft as vice president of Unix development : the distributed management software company , which has collected $6m in venture money so far , is thinking of going out for a ‘ few million ’ more in a third round . |
| 10 | Philip Larkin , a life-long bachelor , memorialised that dilemma in ‘ Vers de société ’ ( 1971 ) , a short poem where the conclusion , though finely balanced , is only marginally in favour of going out for the evening . |
| 11 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 12 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 13 | A bit of security of employment so they can sort of sort out for an holiday . |
| 14 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 15 | Even after they moved , and that 's ten years ago now , she would make a point of coming up for the children 's party , at Christmas . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 17 | The hon. Lady had the advantage of slipping out for an hour , when no doubt she managed to get hold of that news . |
| 18 | IMAGINE stepping out of the shower into the caress of a tropical breeze — instead of reaching out for a tatty old bath towel . |
| 19 | Whe , when we went to the one in Twickenham , James really like it sort of go out for a ni Indian meal and stuff . |
| 20 | As you may know , FAMILY GO TOWN have the unenviable task of warming up for the Inspirals on the current tour and in an effort to be matey , after the Nottingham gig , Graham started chatting away to a bunch of people he took to be the support group . |
| 21 | THE new captain of Preston Grasshoppers is none other than England lock WADE DOOLEY , which wold suggest that — at least at club level — the ‘ Blackpool Tower ’ has every intention of playing on for a little while . |
| 22 | This was in spite of a longer mean time till exclusion or end of follow up for the adenoidectomy cases . |