Example sentences of "we [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that er , we applied for test of proportionality , the minimum necessary , my Lord this is a , your Lordship 's focus on admission rules which of course different to what we 're concerned with here , admission to the market , erm , and it , it is the minimum necessary to ensure that all those who should be in the market and are capable of competing are in the market . |
| 2 | Before learning about our infertility , we had already planned to adopt ‘ hard-to-place ’ children , and so , with little prospect of natural children , we applied for adoption all the sooner . |
| 3 | As we made for home , and reached the tiny harbour of Tala-Tala , the silence between us was almost strained . |
| 4 | Finally , we make for home , heading past Vengsøya towards the mainland . |
| 5 | The following day we make for Beech Park with its luxuriant walled garden , and Butterstream , an enchanted blend of romance and formality . |
| 6 | So he told me in the diner to which we resorted for coffee and blueberry pie . |
| 7 | We asked for thermometer ratings ( out of 100 ) for how warm people felt towards parties and their leaders . |
| 8 | we asked for space , and they said oh mid April , and that actually is the next schedule step down action and that 's going to be on Europe and that 'll run from April till June , erm but from now till April if anybody would like to write the country which is Chile and this is because they 're , they suppose that they have extend the death penalty in Chile to include the murder of an off duty police witnesses , at the moment it 's only erm , the death penalty only exists for on duty police officers |
| 9 | ‘ We asked for permission during the day and could n't get it , ’ Vincent protested . |
| 10 | Whenever we asked for reassurance , Mr Smith assured us that his tribal chiefs were loyal to him and would vote for whatever agreement he advised them to . |
| 11 | We asked for guidance as to how this may work following local government reorganisation . |
| 12 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 13 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 14 | With mainsail set and at full throttle we steamed for home . |
| 15 | But beneath his flippancy was a real sympathy for what we were trying to do and an appreciation of the common aims we shared for work in the schools . |
| 16 | Can we wait for prosperity and education to keep mankind in check ; so the humble villager , the wretched dweller in the shantytown does n't choose the traditional , unthinking , long-term option of a dozen children , the decision which in the long term destroys both them and theirs ? |
| 17 | ‘ Should n't we wait for Beuno ? ’ said Betty . |
| 18 | Nor can we appeal for explanation to the notion of Scaevola as provincial practitioner . |
| 19 | We long for peace : |
| 20 | ‘ We could only find one orginal frame , which we used for Summer , so we had three replicas hand carved for Spring , Autumn and Winter . ’ |
| 21 | The spaced out and rather dangerous reefs called the Fladdacaps and the Billians all hold small groups of moulting eider and all were checked and counted until finally , after rounding the Hoo Stack , we headed for home , running before the rising wind . |
| 22 | I know that there have been improvements , but as I represent part of the country where the climate is meteorologically colder , I know that there is a great deal of scope of increases in the support that we provide for heating allowances for our elderly population . |
| 23 | Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can . |
| 24 | Jack opened his presents in the car and we head for home and a tin of lentil soup . |
| 25 | We stopped for lunch , to change the horses . |
| 26 | In the end I did n't even walk to Cambridge , but went ignominiously by bus from Royston , where we stopped for lunch . |
| 27 | After a few more games we stopped for lunch and went over the morning 's action . |
| 28 | I certainly had to take a couple of unofficial breaks and we were very glad when we stopped for food and drink . |
| 29 | We tried for compensation and we 've got Tony Baldry , who we 're going to see Saturday , and he 's going to try and claim for us under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act . |
| 30 | and that 's put on and if , we say for argument sake that er she was married , we know she 's not , but she could be and her banns are in and her husband gets wind that she 's getting married again , you know , so he goes into the registrar office has a look , and she 's already married to me and this is what it 's for |