Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've given a lot of blood , sweat and tears and I do n't just want to pass it all on for somebody else to inherit . |
| 2 | Probably she had seen that exhibition Adrian and Carol were putting on for everyone 's benefit . |
| 3 | It 's hard to cope , but we have to carry on for everyone 's sake . |
| 4 | Counsel took the case on for nothing and , on appeal , the Divisional Court found that the crime did not exist . |
| 5 | For it was around eleven that morning , when she returned to her office after going to consult Dave Smith about some matter , that Jimmy told her chirpily , ‘ I knew I did n't put this tie on for nothing . |
| 6 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 7 | But if your dad switches the light on for anything |
| 8 | THE search is on for someone to fill a top training post . |
| 9 | If you had interpersonal skill down for everybody , cos we all need to have that . |
| 10 | She ‘ phoned down for somebody to bring her car out front . |
| 11 | Bit down for somebody 's mate who was four hundred and nine , was it four hundred and twenty seven million out the pension or something , |
| 12 | ‘ You mean to say that you go out in all weathers — hail , rain–snow , sunshine — and run up and down for nothing ? ’ |
| 13 | Mr Jefferies featured strongly in the confessions of Ivan Boesky and he is quoted in an American magazine this month as saying : ‘ If the government was going to bring me down for something like this , I am going to bring down a lot of other people with me ’ . |
| 14 | So I mean there are other advantages , and the answer is that in in in the long term you are getting your name down for one , so clear a space on your desk |
| 15 | Yeah , he put , he put a note in for everybody and then he , he told me , and I said , oh yeah . |
| 16 | ‘ And I think , after all the hours I have put in for nothing teaching you to ride , that you owe it to me to do your level best to win this competition . |
| 17 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 18 | It was cheaper than the cinema , only a few pennies , and young people could sometimes get in for nothing if they attached themselves to an adult . |
| 19 | They 're all gon na be pissed on Friday cos we got in for nothing ! |
| 20 | But when Julian had some money left to him , they decided to pool their resources and go in for something far bigger . |
| 21 | And er I got roped into it one year because I had to stop in for something or other that I Course I had n't done but |
| 22 | Och I do n't know , he put in for something else . |
| 23 | ‘ Knowing your superb taste , Uncle , it sounds as if we 're in for something of a treat , ’ Naylor replied . |
| 24 | That is the first thing you should do with any burn , put people in a cold bath , anything to keep the burns cold because otherwise they can keep burning in for something like five hours . |
| 25 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 26 | I guess Chrissy 's coming in for something to eat . |
| 27 | it ai n't very often I go in for something other than chips and not have chips as well you know |
| 28 | He jacked it in for something different did |
| 29 | They get you to go in for something and then it costs you money . |
| 30 | Yeah I know , I 've got that pencilled in for something . |