Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick was there first and climbed onto the tailboard to pull out for the rogue two of Paddy 's cans ( a fact which Paddy was slow to forget ) . |
| 2 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 3 | he 's either up the stairs well he came down one night right enough he was talking to his girl on the phone , she phones him through the week and er he was a bit depressed because he he had n't the money , he 's , he 's on the and he has n't really the money to give in for housekeeping plus try and get driving lessons and his daddy wo n't let him |
| 4 | As long as the money held out for her , that was enough . |
| 5 | I promised to buy shares in the brewery to make up for it . |
| 6 | The case came on for hearing at the beginning of April 1992 . |
| 7 | The judge had told the jury of what they had to be satisfied before convicting any of the accused , but the case cried out for a direction which amounted to the reverse side of the coin , namely , that they should not convict any person who was in their charge simply because of his association with others . |
| 8 | While making this last scene , the stuntman standing in for Robert Wagner — playing McQueen 's co-pilot-was killed while making the jump . |
| 9 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 10 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 11 | As the snake closes in for the kill , its mouth sensors guide it with deadly accuracy . |
| 12 | Sky fell fast asleep when the bidding came up for Italian football — that 's ironic , since they had shown it so compulsively themselves . |
| 13 | Past the reserve look out for a viewpoint over Loch Avich . |
| 14 | However , piling operations began almost simultaneously and Alan Muir , construction director of Muir Construction of Inverkeithing , the main contractor , said that though the earth-moving phase at the beginning of the contract went on for four weeks , the piling operation began almost as soon as the firm moved on to the site . |
| 15 | But basically th every time the contract comes up for renewal , what will happen for a company to attempt to win the contract it 's got to cut the hours of its employees and its also got to try and c cut the costs erm by cutting pay and that 's the way that 's the way contracts are won in this situation and as long as that keeps happening then the situation 's going to get steadily worse . |
| 16 | I had the kitchen made over for Joan . |
| 17 | Janine came into the kitchen dressed up for her trip to the hairdresser 's . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you want the cheque made out for cash ? ’ |
| 19 | The university opened up for me a freedom I never knew existed . |
| 20 | This at least gives him the freedom to go out for air and to do errands such as visiting local shops or going to the hairdresser . |
| 21 | The moral decline of the West cries out for a return to the morals of protestant Christianity which will tell the nation what they must do to be strong once more . |
| 22 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 23 | The fight went on for about an hour . |
| 24 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 25 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 26 | But , as the striker moved in for the kill , the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle . |
| 27 | When he did try to make some real contribution to society , it seemed that all he got for his trouble was The Prince was too sensitive , too intelligent , to play the part mapped out for him , the part that his courtiers were there to help maintain . |
| 28 | Antrim 's new president collected 220 votes in all as the finances of the Association came in for some healthy but heated discussion . |
| 29 | The transcript goes on for pages and pages , and not a single word was said about any of those increases being phased in . |
| 30 | ‘ Jerry here will snore his afternoon beer-snore , so I am jus ’ gon na have to put a pillow over my head and pray to God the roof stays on for another winter . ’ |