Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone goes in for a little enhancement , one way or another . |
| 2 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 3 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 4 | ‘ I warm up for the down strokes by doing fast alternate picking … ’ |
| 5 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 6 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 7 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing . |
| 10 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 11 | I looked round for a living man to admire and follow . |
| 12 | I looked round for a split second . |
| 13 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 14 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 15 | Once a month I go out for a serious session — the last of which was a hard circuit of Radnor Forest , but I enjoyed it tremendously . ’ |
| 16 | For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation . |
| 17 | ‘ I go in for a certain amount of golf , you know . |
| 18 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 19 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 20 | Nobody passed by for a long time , and he could just hear the faint music in the distance . |
| 21 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 22 | Now we need an optimistic accountant , can somebody look out for an optimistic accountant |
| 23 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 24 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 25 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 26 | She checked about for a likely place of shelter . |
| 27 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 28 | Junior Bent ( Bristol City , 12.06 ) , Efan Ekoku ( Bournemouth , 12.07 ) , Adrian Littlejohn ( Sheff Utd , 12.08 ) , Iffy Onuora ( Huddersfield 12.09 ) , Keith Curle ( Man City , 12.10 ) , Rod McDonald ( Walsall , 12.18 ) , Tony Witter ( QPR , 12.19 ) and John Goodman ( Millwall , 12.40 ) , and late replacements Vance Warner ( Nottm Forest ) and Michael Brown ( Bolton ) , who stands in for the injured Stuart Storer ( 12.17 ) . |
| 29 | Two people replied — a man who offered to take it away for a fiver and Mrs Morrison , who dropped in for a quick look and said she wanted something for her playroom . |
| 30 | After four weeks every group had interviewed four of the original subjects , plus others who came in for a single session , and they had all accumulated a great amount of material . |