Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 2 | We lined up for the final with the usual American din coming from the stands . |
| 3 | At Myitkyina we camped out for the night in a mission schoolroom and early next morning managed to get a lift out to the airstrip two miles away . |
| 4 | I do n't know how much pressure we put on for the police to get off their butts and do something . |
| 5 | So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance . |
| 6 | Each day we look out for the postman — but so far there 's been nothing . |
| 7 | We walked out for the victory ceremony and stood behind the plinth . |
| 8 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 9 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 10 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 11 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 12 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
| 13 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 14 | We set off for the ‘ shoot ’ on what turned out to be a dull , damp and extremely grey day , to Ickworth House and gardens — a National Trust property — near Bury St. Edmunds . |
| 15 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 16 | She wanted a child , so we signed up for the eugenics lottery . |
| 17 | If he had his way , and we signed up for the social chapter , those extra costs would have to be met out of those pay packets and there 'd be even less for people to take in wages so the honourable gentleman should n't be complaining about low pay when he wants to add to the costs of employment along with the rest of his party . |
| 18 | One particular incident which sticks in my mind which brought home to me how ill he was occurred when my mother sent me one morning to ask my father what he wanted for breakfast , to which he replied in a very vague and confused manner " hen mush " ( the term we gave to the vegetable matter we cooked up for the chickens ) . |
| 19 | We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable . |
| 20 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 21 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 22 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
| 23 | And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement . |
| 24 | As we trooped in for the service , the sun caught it and , for a moment , I had a virion of what it must have really looked like , all those years ago , when they nailed poor old JC up before the people , one bright day in palestine . |
| 25 | ‘ You can stay here until we close up for the night , ’ she said . |
| 26 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 27 | Two cyclists seemed fair game to these pissed idiots so we took off for the hills , only a small range but , we were to discover , quite beautiful . |
| 28 | Then we went back for the long-service merit awards . |
| 29 | I , I , mean we had erm , we went out for the day and they give us it was sandwiches |
| 30 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |