Example sentences of "we [vb base] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During Christian Aid Week itself it is the finds we make for customers that delight us , whether it is discovering just the right dictionary to fit the schoolbag of the 7-year-old son of a young bus-driver , just one number of the National Geographic magazine to complete someone 's sequence , or some early Penguins or American periodicals for the University or National Library collections . |
| 2 | Finally , we make for home , heading past Vengsøya towards the mainland . |
| 3 | The following day we make for Beech Park with its luxuriant walled garden , and Butterstream , an enchanted blend of romance and formality . |
| 4 | We might at least be fair about the ways in which we account for pupils ' behaviour . |
| 5 | We long for peace : |
| 6 | We long for nights when their aircraft can not attack us , and at the moment we are rejoicing in a fog which is sheltering us , I wish the politicians would see sense and stop the war . |
| 7 | The £3.5 million offer tabled by Rovers tops , by £200,000 , the record fee they paid Southampton for England striker Alan Shearer last summer , but Clark is adamant : ‘ It is still not enough and nobody has come remotely near what we want for Roy . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Swiss Alps are now our destination where we head for Lucerne for a one night stop . |
| 10 | Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can . |
| 11 | Jack opened his presents in the car and we head for home and a tin of lentil soup . |
| 12 | Odd-Knut slips his hook and we head for Sweden and some Lappish people he knows . |
| 13 | After breakfast we head for Milan . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | In Fig. 8–3 we show for purposes of illustration the Cobb Douglas case . |
| 16 | On the one hand , it is clear that we depend for survival upon our bodies , whereas we may not want to say that God depends upon the world for survival . |
| 17 | in fact I feel the price we charge for concessions and youngsters is a giveaway we might as well give them away for nothing . |
| 18 | Colleagues , just before we adjourn for lunch , could I ask you to try and take the opportunity to visit the Labour Party and Trade Unions for Labour stand where there is a live link to the national membership system . |
| 19 | On on on that note , can I suggest we adjourn for lunch , meet back here at two o'clock , prompt start . |
| 20 | That proposition presupposes that if you make a reduction in the district figures , then you must have an idea what the district contribution towards the Greater York figure is , er and I find it difficult to see that you can have , if you have a new settlement , if you have a new settlement the C provision for the new settlement floating in this table , erm but can I just say before we adjourn for coffee , that I really would like to have some very firm answers to the questions which are posed under issue two , er and particularly about two D and that is specific guidance on the location of the new settlement . |
| 21 | Can I conclude on Harrogate then and we adjourn for tea until three thirty . |
| 22 | We listen for answers , but it 's just somebody else asking questions . |
| 23 | ‘ We wait for Quincx to get back first . |
| 24 | And you know , if we wait for God to baptize us in the Holy Spirit , can I suggest you 'll wait until you die and still not know that experience . |
| 25 | We wait for time to test Constance Cumbey 's prophecy that the New Age is the herald of the Antichrist . |
| 26 | Now , while we wait for tea how would you like to send a fax to New York ? ’ |
| 27 | As we wait for Christ to be revealed we do not know when he will appear . |
| 28 | ‘ We hope for support from telecomms as well as computer companies and users ’ . |
| 29 | What we choose to call this event depends upon factors such as its magnitude : we speak for instance of accidents , emergencies , disasters and catastrophes , each of which carries connotations concerning the scale of the event and each of which will have a set of human and/or environmental consequences . |
| 30 | We stop for fuel somewhere in Iowa . |