Example sentences of "all [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This trend for library guides to be more flexible , to be better designed or to be tailored more to the needs of the user is encouraging , but it all goes for nought if the user does not use them . |
| 2 | The tiger-stripe silk velvet seats on Queen Anne walnut chairs , the leopard carpet , and the monumental tusks of elephants Winston bagged before the war and which now dominate the hall all combine for an effect that is whimsical rather than opulent . |
| 3 | Norse , Irish , and Norman elements were all competing for an advantage , and the future of the Canterbury claims , which seemed so bright in Anselm 's lifetime , depended too much on obscure cross-currents of political ambition to be assured . |
| 4 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 5 | They all met for the international meeting at Salzburg in 1908 , having corresponded from 1906 onwards . |
| 6 | By the time he had managed to crawl on to the bed , dragging such scarves as he could find to shield his eyes , for the curtains were only flimsy cotton of a summer rented house , all annoyance , all regret for the wasted day , all intentions , all straining for activity , was gone , absorbed into the panic that connected — as if there was a piston rod — his throbbing head , the lights crossing behind his eyeballs and his churning stomach . |
| 7 | ‘ You must all stay for supper , ’ you gaily cry ( not wishing to break up the unexpected party ) , and fling open the store cupboard . |
| 8 | He first of all asked for a mandate based not on the distortions of a month 's electioneering but on his 16 months in the leadership , not least his performance on the international stage . |
| 9 | Right off the bat , George Lynch , Warren DiMartini and Steve Vai all asked for my services . |
| 10 | Travel : All change for the bureaux |
| 11 | All change for the p&l |
| 12 | ALL change for the up-line to a rosier future . |
| 13 | All change for them at Crewe . |
| 14 | in the third division its saturday as usual for hereford … united were given a pat on the back by Wimbledon this week for playing so well against them in the cup … it beats a kick on the leg … tomorrow its all change for Crewe |
| 15 | All change for McLaren |
| 16 | There were 7 such centres in England in 1988 , all catering for primary age children ( DES , 1988 , Table A1 ) . |
| 17 | Through the voucher sales component , employees would be able to buy a controlling share in their enterprises ; there would be further voucher issues in 1993 and 1994 ; and voucher sales would in all account for 35 per cent of state enterprises slated for privatization . |
| 18 | Varese as well as Ives , and an Elliott Carter premiere — not much feminine sensibility there , though it all made for a classic Oliver Knussen pile-up of Americana , topped out with a violin concerto by Marc Neikrug that Pinchas Zukerman had brought to London for the first time . |
| 19 | Certainly they were all rooting for him and just as certainly Harvey responded , and he did things that night that would have attracted a talent scout from the Bolshoi . |
| 20 | Well … we ( England ) are all rooting for you to beat Holland in the last game : - ) |
| 21 | Some urged the impossibility of miracles , and the inadequacy of the Old Testament chronology , and all pressed for the treatment of the Bible like any other ancient writing . |
| 22 | He could sniff out the personal myth , the crucial one we all develop for ourselves , and make mincemeat of it . ’ |
| 23 | So I 've got them all sorted for you . |
| 24 | Right , well we 'll get it all sorted for then and we 'll try and arrange a programme whereby we tie it up with Loretta or whoever that erm mom and I and Beth coming up to you and perhaps we can go out for lunch , yeah ? |
| 25 | Of those who voted , virtually all voted for either the Conservative or Labour parties ; 3 . |
| 26 | Utility player Neil Cox , defender Ugo Ehiogu , goalkeeper Mark Bosnich and the German duo of Mattias Breitkreutz and Stephan Benlich are all itching for the chance to make their mark . |
| 27 | Franco 's own forces were similarly , if less virulently , shot through with internal rivalries and disagreements ; but if confronted with a choice between the status quo and the risk of " the reds " returning , they would all opt for the former . |
| 28 | They all headed for the door , with that slightly stiff gait of people who are in a tearing hurry , but who are trying not to break into a run . |
| 29 | The average British town is served by three or four clearing banks , up to a dozen building societies ( thrifts ) and even the odd foreign bank , all bidding for retail savings . |
| 30 | In the region Newcastle , Gateshead , North & South Tyneside , Sunderland , Middlesbrough , Stockton , Langbaurgh and Hartlepool are all bidding for City Challenge cash . |