Example sentences of "you [vb base] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to campaign for socialist policies against this government , join the Labour party . |
| 2 | If then you have invited the artists of Europe to send in plans for a Plan which we have no intention of executing , two questions will arise — the first is who will pay the Premiums which you propose to offer for these Plans , seeing that we could hardly propose to Parliament to vote Premiums for Plans that are not to be executed , and secondly whether the Artists of Europe will not think that they have been trifled with in being asked to send in Plans for an undertaking which the Govt had on consideration determined not to attempt . |
| 3 | And if you stop running for two blocks , you 're a dead man . ’ |
| 4 | This can be especially true if you are a woman who is unused to making sexual demands , or if you are already in a long-term relationship when you begin to ask for safer sex . |
| 5 | ‘ You seem to go for older men , ’ he remarked cynically . |
| 6 | I mean sexy little telephone calls between he who will be king and his , is she a mistress , is she a girlfriend , is she merely a friend , but at any event she 's married and her husband 's in the next bedroom as far as we can gather , you know erm do those kind of conversations and would , I mean maybe it 's important to sort of say and Anne probably has this , but Peter might not , I mean when I grew up the Royal Family were a cert sort of image and you might have known about George the Third who was mad , I mean who else was brought up George the Third was mad and Geor an and this guy was a , a drunk and this guy was a a womaniser , this guy was this , but Victoria you know mourned for sixty years or whatever it was , but this Royal Family , I E the , the Royal Family with which I grew up and Anne did were really sweet nice little Windsors who behaved themselves and that was what was , went into our psychic and there was the odd crack about Phil the Great who 's the Queen 's husband , you know and how he perhaps had an eye for the ladies , but there was never any photographs of him being or any evidence that it might have gone further than that particular and basically there was , that any , there was the fact that he was a sailor when he married the Queen anyway so all sailors are like that are n't they ! |
| 7 | but now and again there 's some like erm sub-circuits or whatever , sub programming that you 'll appear right there 's Mermaid Towers right , you appear and you get trapped for seven years listening to this old man |
| 8 | At the same time , you will have a full 30 days to consider the benefits of the plan — and if you decide to cancel for any reason , you can return the policy to PPP without obligation . |
| 9 | Very best wishes to you and we hope you keep painting for many years to come . |
| 10 | If you forget , as you turn to go for another dog the lead dog , being a friendly creature , will come with you . |
| 11 | Mm so he said erm , that 's the situation he said but you can forget your business he said , as far as I 'm concerned he said , you 've lost for two years so he said consequently he said you 're gon na lose this year are you ? |
| 12 | Once you 've injected for any length of time , there 's no point in snorting or chasing . |
| 13 | I 'll tell him who you are , and what you 've done for Russian art , etc . |
| 14 | After all you 've done for that family . |
| 15 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
| 16 | If you 've worked for one employer for two years or more before leaving to have your baby , you may be entitled to maternity pay . |
| 17 | But she said you know , and what annoyed her really she kno , she knows how much how hard you 've worked for this exam . |
| 18 | You 'll be working for me next year , but who do you fancy caddying for this year ? ’ |
| 19 | Thus for a proper appreciation of the distinction between " slow " and " fast " you have to wait for electromagnetic waves to be introduced , discussed , and digested . |
| 20 | These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room . |
| 21 | By week 4 , you should be feeling quite well , perhaps better than you have felt for some time and , with any luck , you will be a good deal nearer to your target weight . |
| 22 | If you have served for 3 months or more in Her Majesty 's Royal Air Forces you are entitled to apply for membership of the Royal Air Forces Association . |
| 23 | Now you have to pay for unsolicited restoration |
| 24 | And we kept saying , ‘ You have to pay for these things ’ . |
| 25 | Yeah it 's lovely , some money 's worth there , I think me and you have paid for that car |
| 26 | Your success could be resented by others , which may mean that you have to fight for dear life to hang on to what you 've got , or there will be little time to enjoy your personal or social life . |
| 27 | A typical weekend visit where the guest arrives Friday night and departs Sunday night will probably mean you have to cater for two dinners ( Friday and Saturday night ) , two breakfasts ( Saturday and Sunday morning — maybe cooked breakfasts ) , two lunches ( Saturday and Sunday ) , and one tea ( early Sunday evening ) . |
| 28 | The advantage with this method is that you can move the whole tent in one if you need to re-position for any reason . |
| 29 | The sort of questions your adviser will ask are : whether you are investing for income now or capital growth in the future ; whether you need to go for absolute security with every penny you have or whether you can afford slightly more risky investments in the hope of making more money in the long run ; what other sources of income you have , or might expect to receive . |
| 30 | Erm , er you need to pay for those Kyle . |