Example sentences of "[to-vb] for cover " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is budget in the testing resource budget to be able to accommodate for cover we would then decide how best to handle that . |
| 2 | Every instinct tells us to run for cover : to withhold information , slash jobs and cut investment . |
| 3 | to run for cover so I held my hand over my face for a few moments before speaking . |
| 4 | All the fish in the country will have to run for cover after what happened to me this week ! |
| 5 | On a final afternoon in which lesser mortals might have wanted to run for cover the European team fought on even though at times its causes seemed hopeless . |
| 6 | Two hundred drinkers were forced to run for cover but she was unable to get clear and caught the full force of the blast . |
| 7 | The getaway driver , in a blue Ford , laid down a burst of suppressing fire , forcing the bodyguards to dive for cover . |
| 8 | Leaping over fallen worshippers , Ace made for the sedan chair , but was forced to dive for cover when Richmann appeared from behind it with the Winchester drawn . |
| 9 | They immediately had to dive for cover , however , as the Germans had set up a pair of machine guns in front of the doors behind hastily piled crates . |
| 10 | A man who was in the car park at the time said he was forced to dive for cover . |
| 11 | Both crew members ejected safely … but people on the ground had to dive for cover as the plane crashed in a ball of fire . |
| 12 | When alarmed , these animals usually try to make for cover , seeking out their burrows or some other hiding place where they can wedge themselves in as tightly as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ It is not enough for blue-suited ministers to rush for cover into the ivory towers of Whitehall every time a controversy blows up . |