Example sentences of "[to-vb] for food " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has to wait for food to be cooked and prepare to wait for it . |
| 2 | They travel in large concentrated groups to search for food , particularly when herding shoaling pelagic ( open sea ) fish . |
| 3 | Because there was a shortage of pasture in many districts , cattle were allowed to wander freely to search for food , especially during the seasons when they were not wanted for agriculture . |
| 4 | She could also write down if she has any problems with any of these goals , or any spectacular successes ( like a new recipe or a new idea for places to shop for food ) . |
| 5 | B : ‘ We have to shop for food every other day . |
| 6 | She understood that she could only leave the flat to shop for food at the Indian-owned store at the end of the street . |
| 7 | For tourists it is also very frustrating to have make journeys out to the suburbs to shop for food . |
| 8 | They cleared a space for her on a twelve-foot lyre-backed couch and vied to sit with her , while others took it upon themselves to disappear for food and champagne . |
| 9 | The fiddler crabs of North America emerge from their burrows at low tide to scavenge for food . |
| 10 | Foxes use the canal towing paths as routes to the centre of towns and cities where they go to scavenge for food . |
| 11 | I have already described the tremendous impression that Hydén 's experiments — in which he measured increases in RNA and protein synthesis in tiny cellular regions from the brains of rats trained to balance on wires to reach for food — made on me as a young post-doc . |
| 12 | Mussels , for instance , do not need to go to look for food , as most animals do ; the organic debris they feed upon is wafted in by the tides ( or the river estuaries ) . |
| 13 | The probable reason for a wild cat entering a house is to look for food ; but this was the lambing season with plentiful big-cat food in all directions . |
| 14 | Two men running to market to look for food had been killed at the crossroads by a sniper . |
| 15 | The Serbs struck as Bosnian families emerged from their cellars in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo to look for food . |
| 16 | On the plains , small rodents that have spent the daylight hours in the safety of their burrows , are venturing out under the cover of night to look for food . |
| 17 | There are nine locations to plunder for food , weapons , artefacts and Orichalcum . |
| 18 | We did n't have to queue for food we waited five minutes to get into the car , we did n't have to queue for food or coffee , we ke , we did n't even get into very long lines too pay . |
| 19 | We did n't have to queue for food we waited five minutes to get into the car , we did n't have to queue for food or coffee , we ke , we did n't even get into very long lines too pay . |
| 20 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |
| 21 | Then send the animals to hunt for food . |
| 22 | Consider the following scenario : a caveman leaves his cave one day setting out in order to hunt for food . |
| 23 | Would their behaviour alter dramatically if they were left to hunt for food in the wild ? |
| 24 | Scathach used the periods of summer to hunt for food , and gather edible plants . |
| 25 | They also use sticks or grass stems to probe for food , and in particular they use them to ‘ fish ’ for giant termites . |
| 26 | Aerate the water using an air stone to allow for food dispersement , and to keep the water fresh . |
| 27 | One cold , windy day Marion nerved herself to take it down to the clachan to barter for food and wool , and found herself still ignored . |
| 28 | He worked on farms to pay for food and hitched a ride wherever he could . |
| 29 | This trade had enabled the Kurds to raise a levy to pay for food and medicines . |
| 30 | ‘ I have to use my pension just to pay for food but it 's not enough to cover the bills or if you need a new coat or linen . |