Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He described one , a boy who was glad to come in and sit for him , and bring his spade . |
| 2 | Perhaps she would say : ‘ Jack is not at home , but you are welcome to come in and wait for him . |
| 3 | When Mr George was said he did n't want to give evidence , the judge , Mr Justice Auld , said he had a duty to give evidence … he should sit down and prepare for it . |
| 4 | ‘ Forgive me , my darling , ’ he requested with such charm that she was ready to lie down and die for him . |
| 5 | I would have enjoyed them even more had I not been about to faint every ten yards , but I was in far too bad a mood to tell my colleagues to slow down and wait for me . |
| 6 | I 'll go down and wait for him , so he wo n't have to ring " |
| 7 | But if she did n't take it back he would only come along and ask for it She was surprised he had n't already . |
| 8 | War may not be an overall preference ( Lenin was particularly fond of Clausewitz 's remark that the aggressor would prefer to walk in and occupy a foreign territory peacefully rather than fight for it ) ; but if it is the most effective way of achieving an aim , it is necessary to pursue it . |
| 9 | However , imperfectly practised , this approach at least recognises that health care intervention must supplement that of the parents rather than substitute for it . |
| 10 | This in turn depends on the relevance it has , how important it is to them not to get pregnant , and how easy emotionally and practically it is to go somewhere and ask for it . |
| 11 | I shall come in every day to clean up and cook for them . |
| 12 | But when Fei Yen made to get up and pour for him , Tsu Ma took the jug and went round himself , filling their cups . |
| 13 | If they wants chips and stuff they can go out and pay for them themselves |
| 14 | " If you want something , you have to go out and work for it . |
| 15 | The most obvious way of discovering archaeological sites is to go out and look for them — but this is not quite as simple as it might seem . |
| 16 | I 'll have to get out and look for it , he said . |
| 17 | And just as the shepherd had to go out and look for it , and search for it . |
| 18 | I could sit back and wait for him to break through media censorship . |
| 19 | I think we should go back and look for it . |
| 20 | But the men from the Midlands had enjoyed themselves so well , they decided the engraved glass trophy should stay in Scotland to give them the excuse to come back and play for it again ! |
| 21 | At such times his friends would gather around and pray for him . |
| 22 | Look , you 'll have to sit here and wait for me , all right ? |
| 23 | Did you think I would sit here and wait for you to kill me . |
| 24 | The 1910 dispute , which is particularly well documented in the press as well as in manuscript sources , enables us to see that on this occasion at least , the women did not stand by and wait for it to be resolved over their heads . |
| 25 | He was working in the parks just now so he was back in , and apparently he 'd had to go round and baby-sit for them the night before . |