Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’ |
| 2 | We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 3 | Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) . |
| 4 | Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) . |
| 5 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 6 | What I 'm trying to say is that er Notts County supporters have got ta watch out for the other English teams ' scores rather than the Italian teams ' scores . |
| 7 | The report is fair in stating its case in favour of such regulations , without concealing the disadvantages which these new rules would undoubtedly bring about for the Swiss art market . |
| 8 | If you like a mild cheese , buy pasteurised Stilton , but for the true flavour of the cheese , do look out for the unpasteurised cheeses . |
| 9 | Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe . |
| 10 | It will not make up for the insufficient level of public services that Cleveland has been given by BR . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It will make up for the dismal showing of the England football and cricket teams , lift some of the sporting gloom . |
| 12 | Arguments about this change continue to rage , and will probably burn on for the foreseeable future . |
| 13 | The last I heard Trish was going to become a teacher , I mean I I we are supposed to be trying to think about whether we can have a sh a panel that we of people that we can call on for the short term crisis appointments or whatever , but |
| 14 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 15 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 16 | There will be video feedback too , and those who feel up to it can go in for the local skischool giant slalom race . |
| 17 | A clenched fist , a frosty stare or a head-thrust , feet-planted , arms-akimbo posture , being recognizable as proper parts or adjuncts to acts of real violence , can stand in for the real thing in the ritualized ‘ aggression ’ to be described in a later chapter of this book . |
| 18 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | I 'll get this train stopped and we 'll go back for the lost car . |
| 21 | I can go out for the odd meal without suffering from the binge factor because we had a dessert . |
| 22 | Now if they 're multiplied or divided then you ca n't say , Oh well I 'll just take this bit and do that and then I 'll come back for the other one . |
| 23 | 6 weeks on , he can last out for the whole lesson . |
| 24 | As usual , Queen 's have n't their sorrows to seek at the start of a new season while they wait to see who will turn up for the new University term . |
| 25 | Having said that , does n't every club turn up for the wrong match on the right day at least once or twice a season ? |
| 26 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 27 | He no longer had to consciously listen out for the psychic interference that pervaded the island . |