Example sentences of "we [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In nineteen ninety , ninety one we asked for six point four seven four million in poll tax . |
| 2 | At the outset we asked for more help from the congregation . |
| 3 | They have the same four basic options we described for general ownership policy : state ownership ; specific support for or discrimination against locals or foreigners ; or neutrality . |
| 4 | ‘ It is time we moved for concerted action to liberate the press from these laws . ’ |
| 5 | The sort of criteria which we used for paradigmatic delimitation are of no help here . |
| 6 | A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said : ‘ We apologise for this lady 's distress . |
| 7 | We apologise for this oversight . |
| 8 | We apologise for any misunderstanding which may have arisen from this error . |
| 9 | We apologise for any inconvenience caused . |
| 10 | We readily accept that management of the Ministry of Sound takes unprecedented and most stringent measures to prevent drugs being taken into the club and we apologise for any implication to the contrary . |
| 11 | We apologise for any embarrassment this error may have caused . |
| 12 | We apologise for any embarrassment caused by these errors . |
| 13 | The two organisations are not in fact connected and we apologise for any confusion that may have been caused . |
| 14 | We apologise for any trouble caused . |
| 15 | Whatever that figure is there will automatically internally produce a target figure that we want for that book . |
| 16 | Fixing me with a stare he delivered in a monotone these words : ‘ We charge for technical support information ’ . |
| 17 | Well now , what can we do for this lady ? |
| 18 | What can we do for this lady ? |
| 19 | ‘ We hope for some sort of strengthened glass and double locks , ’ he said . |
| 20 | At Great Bedwyn we stop for welcome break and cheer the first of the singles through . |
| 21 | ‘ Although it is impossible to respond to all the pleas we receive for charitable aid , it is wonderful when we can help a worthwhile cause . ’ |
| 22 | We had tried to get a couple of er , here in Portsmouth but he had to attend , so we thought as we prepared for this conference this morning er , on the miners , that it would be appropriate to get a miner 's lamp to put and have them simply inscribed with the erm , the memory of the occasion , which turned out to be |
| 23 | Have we decided for next year ? |
| 24 | We yearn for that reality in this . |
| 25 | We yearn for that reality in this . |
| 26 | We yearn for that reality in this . |
| 27 | We yearn for that reality in this . |
| 28 | According to pragmatism what we call legal rights are only the servants of the best future : they are instruments we construct for that purpose and have no independent force or ground . |
| 29 | We stand for some time looking at its forty-six Doric columns ( some of them , sadly , fallen ) , appreciating the entasis , the capital formation , the details of the entablature , and so on . |
| 30 | And so we are we look for that sort of commitment before people leave er the room today . |