Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Male and female responses to the static models could have differed because crested auklet males tend to wait for females to approach , then aggressively reject unwanted partners , whereas females are more active in seeking out and approaching males ( although both sexes show either type of behaviour ) . |
| 2 | Placings were the most popular method of issue over 1985–89 , although the average size at £6m was considerably smaller than offers for sale and tenders at £62.3 and £32.8 million respectively , reflecting the fact that smaller companies tend to go for placings as they tend to be cheaper ( see Table 11.2 ) and placings have also become more popular as a result of the requirements for the size of company using a placing being relaxed after Big Bang . |
| 3 | But , today , rapid changes in life expectancy , provision of international aid and the availability of birth control make forecasting for periods greater than five years difficult . |
| 4 | The Czechoslovak Finance Minister , Vaclav Klaus , expressed impatience at the pace of progress envisaged by the communiqué , declaring that Czechoslovakia did " not want to wait for committees " and wished to " start the overhaul tomorrow " . |
| 5 | This would not apply , for instance , to reference use of the library , where public use qualifies us for a discount on book purchases , but would apply for , say , postal loans of slides , commercial enquiries , online searches , photocopies and so on , where such services would use staff time and involve paying for resources which we would not otherwise have to buy in . |
| 6 | Your best bet is to seek out specialist footwear which will prove safe and comfortable in use , although not overspecified for the walking you have in mind — in other words , do n't buy a pair of heavy duty mountain boots if you only intend going for walks on country lanes ! |
| 7 | In some perhaps not fully conscious way critics tend to look for faults in Othello , errors of personality or upbringing ( to neo-Freudians his sexual hang-ups ) , that will explain why he believes Iago and murders Desdemona . |
| 8 | Golden and silver Orfes enjoy leaping for flies in the cool of the evening or else swimming vigorously against the flow of water from a waterfall . |
| 9 | N.B. Good spellers , on the other hand , often enjoy searching for exceptions and looking at incorrect examples , because they can see what 's wrong . |
| 10 | But when funding stays level and subjects begin to compete for resources , the system breaks down . |
| 11 | I am now sixteen and like most sixteen year old girls I enjoy shopping for clothes and shoes . |
| 12 | It is in this context that we need top assess Working for patients . |
| 13 | It falls to the floor , an ugly little lump of metal , and the boys sit transfixed for minutes before they eat again . |
| 14 | A tour of great interest to walkers who like to search for holes in the ground , but having no appeal to others who do not , is provided by a visit to the Allotment , an area of moorland adjacent to the Gaping Gill complex . |
| 15 | As for the poll I think Gav is just a little bit biased in his choice of Cuntona , as im sure anyone who has seen him will confirm Gavs evening job is actually as a Cuntona look a like you know posing for pictures for the Sun with an easel and tweeds . |
| 16 | They go out together , babysit for one another , and sometimes get mistaken for friends or sisters taking their children out . |
| 17 | You get to ask for shells and in my wee toilet and I do n't |
| 18 | Should you be pleb enough to require chips with breakfast , remember to ask for fries . |
| 19 | If I do n't deliver the goods , I do n't get any money , In business you get paid for results , not for the hours you put in . ’ |
| 20 | They continue to mourn for years after the death or loss of their love but their loneliness was just as real when their partner was alive . |
| 21 | Even these unpretentious , non-vintage champagnes benefit from keeping for a time ; the great champagnes repay keeping for years and years . |
| 22 | In my area of east London , the TEC has asked the careers service to canvass for places because the training providers are not coming up with them . |
| 23 | So erm , round his bottom and it 's all round know , and I keep looking for signs of bleeding and all this . |
| 24 | Sanderson Townsend & Gilbert and Healey & Baker acted for the vendor , while Lowther Scott Harden acted for Southlands . |
| 25 | It is possible to cite one case to illustrate what they try to do for victims which further demonstrates the commitment of the unit to a welfare service role . |
| 26 | We now try to duplicate for polynomials some of the basic definitions and theorems set down earlier when investigating Z. We shall find out that , despite the obvious differences in appearance between the elements of Z and those of Q[x] , the underlying structures of these two systems are quite similar . |
| 27 | ‘ If you keep asking for things you 'll be too expensive to keep — we 'll all just starve to death or you 'll have to be sent away to a Home where they 'll lock you up . |
| 28 | Whatever else it may betoken , it is clear for the time being that Mr Laws will not be asked to put on his war-paint and go a-hunting for scalps " . |
| 29 | Please keep playing for years . |
| 30 | Keep watching for signs of winter , of wood , of birds . |