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Example sentences of "we [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him .
2	Before she reached the precincts of Iona she made the round of the Sound of Mull , called at Tobermory , where she was unnecessarily detained by some shippers not having a lot of sheep waiting ; she sailed up Loch Sunart , got on board part of a flock of sheep at Salen Pier , landed them at Croag in Mull ; and now we made for the Isle of Coll , — the ‘ Sandy Coll ’ Sir Walter speaks of .
3	I clapped Jamie on the shoulder a couple of times and we made for the street .
4	all that 's been disclosed is one as far as I know , erm your Lordship can see that I at some stage need to have a look at them , er before I complete in any way so I can cross examine Mr er my Lord may I just say this , on the seventeenth of November , that 's two days ago , we asked for the documents of the necessary twelve M P's two days ago
5	The reason we asked for the figures is to get a ball park idea .
6	We were young , we lived for the moment .
7	And others , there 's money here which we got for the admin course which which can spend .
8	These ideas were confirmed by a special Gallup Opinion Poll we commissioned for the review .
9	So what do we want for the counsellees , or rather , what should they want for themselves ?
10	‘ We planned for the company to grow fast .
11	Naturally Terry had hard-line views on all this , and as we changed for the show on that charged night he proclaimed them to the entire cast , as if he were addressing a meeting .
12	Oh I know what we used for the board .
13	So we apologise for the standard of typing …
14	Again we apologise for the inconvenience .
15	We apologise for the lack of a birth report due to several wires becoming very crossed !
16	We apologise for the error .
17	We apologise for the error .
18	We apologise for the error .
19	We apologise for the error and any inconvenience caused .
20	We apologise for the error .
21	We apologise for the error .
22	We apologise for the error , and any embarrassment it may have caused .
23	We apologise for the outspokenness of this letter , but it is felt that if we are to continue as a national organisation of good standing , we must put our house in order before it is too late .
24	He will know that we propose for the sake of speed and practicality to use an existing valuation register , which everyone agrees exists and can be used .
25	The increase in resources that we propose for the Health Service in I 989 will enable the NHS to extend its remarkable record of achievement .
26	In order to create the Party atmosphere we want for the show , the event will be recorded in front of studio audiences at Central TV 's studios in Nottingham on 13 and 15 December .
27	Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate .
28	I think we need to say , okay , in the future , what are we , the town , gon na do , to make this building right for what we want for the town .
29	Surkov and Rozanov , escaping from admirers , joined me and we headed for the exit .
30	We headed for the north Norfolk coast , careering through the bright afternoon until Edward parked by a staithe where a creek coiled across a salt marsh , and we all piled out .