Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We make up for this , however , by an almost psychopathic competitiveness . |
| 2 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
| 3 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
| 4 | We slip out for five minutes and the lot will be sold before we get back . ’ |
| 5 | The driver 's home was en route so we stopped off for mint tea there . |
| 6 | But we stopped off for half an hour as well . |
| 7 | We roped up for one awkward pitch before reaching the summit , which was now cloaked in thick mist , the weather deteriorating rapidly . |
| 8 | We sailed on for another two weeks . |
| 9 | Like the Friday we break up for half term . |
| 10 | And so , for 500 dense pages , we hang on for grim death as Hughes ' locomotive intelligence hurtles down the track he has set himself . |
| 11 | We look around for white holes and can find none . |
| 12 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 13 | If you would like to see me on top of Michael 's bonfire ring in and the er th th the more amount of votes we get in for that |
| 14 | Berkeley denies that we go in for such calculations in judging distances . |
| 15 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 16 | I think , if we went on for another half an hour or forty five minutes , we could clear virtually everything . |
| 17 | We plod along for two or three decades with the occasional recording of individual sonatas and then along comes a centenary year and all and sundry are in on the act at the same time . |
| 18 | So anyway off we goes course when we come back for half an hour at ten o'clock well out of the other machine were n't it ? |
| 19 | ‘ We steam up for arranged parties and clubs and have four staunch volunteers and three or four helpers who lay track and run the railway … it would be quite impossible otherwise . ’ |
| 20 | Because I was at home , we sat down for two hours and talked it through . |
| 21 | going for a that was brilliant I got and that , and I tried , I had a whole box of er , erm , thing is , when you hold a thousand rounds of ammunition , I got given about two thirds of this box all for myself , so I 'm there for about three hours before the exercise I had and then put the rest in the then we sat down for another hour filling them up again , superb , we had loads of bung in the windows grenades |
| 22 | In the afternoon , one or both of us goes in for extra teaching , discussions , etc. in the afternoon , and then we eat dinner at 6 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you sure you do n't mind having us stay on for another day ? ’ |