Example sentences of "we [vb base] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TV items are being selected on the criteria of level of interest and validity as examples of authentic spoken English ie. we tend to go for ordinary people speaking to camera rather than voice over or straight presentation to camera . |
| 2 | Your reasons for this colossal exploitation of what is to you hi-tech may be quite divorced from ours ( we want to look for black holes , whereas you want to ascertain the precise time you should sacrifice a virgin in order to propitiate the gods ) , but the principle is much the same . |
| 3 | The point we want to make for immediate purposes has to do with the way in which methodological problems arise from particular conceptions of the " order of things " . |
| 4 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |
| 5 | Yes , we do go for qualified staff , er , I 'm talking about social work field staff now , er , wherever possible we would go for that . |
| 6 | Erm , Mr Evans er will reply to that , obviously we we do plan for certain levels . |
| 7 | If he go up , we 'ave to look for another ringer . ’ |
| 8 | He 's six foot two , blue eyes and curly hair , and all the girls are mad jealous because we 've fallen for each other . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not leaving here until we 've done for that bastard . |
| 10 | In ninety two , three by point six seven and in the budget we propose tonight we 've asked for four point five five million . |
| 11 | He 's a Kate Bush fan , not domestic at all , he needs ironing lessons , and we 've worked five w , we 've worked for five weeks together to go over territory , and before he joined er , a large part of his career was in contract services and projects and business development in ex-army . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've known for 23 years what the potential problems were but done little to solve them , ’ says Hinners . |
| 13 | because if one division , we know how many , each d i if we 've got for each division the number of agreements , the number of sessions , the number of staff we 've got three common factors , different numbers obviously |
| 14 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 15 | " We think Silverweed is one of the best poets we 've had for many months , " said Cowslip . |
| 16 | In fact , the light weight , the attractive looks , the easy-feeling neck and the light , low action make it one of the most pick-up-able guitars we 've had for some time . |
| 17 | If one person is prevented getting AIDS by this officer , we 've paid for that person for two years , and I think practically every one of these posts that Queenie takes great offence at is producing a useful end product , and the other point is that Government legislation year after year after year puts more responsibilities on the City Council , the new Environmental Protection Act is a good example . |
| 18 | John Tame , chief accountant for the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund , which was awarded first prize in Category 1 ( best report and accounts from a charity with income over £1m ) , explains : ‘ We 've entered for many years . |
| 19 | Smith , in India to watch both the Madras match and Friday 's final Test at Bombay said : ‘ One of the big reasons we have gone for four-day championship cricket is that it will encourage spinners to play a bigger part in our domestic game . ’ |
| 20 | Now although we can differentiate the products er agricultural products , we can only do that at the very final stage in processing , by and large , where there 's much less scope after product differentiation right , at the er the raw material erm level , which is where most agricultural trade continues er , most trade in agricultural products is in the raw commodity , not the refined commodity the refining , there might be the processing and the manufacturing , tend to occur in the country of consumption and not in the country of production a number of complicated , erm political reasons erm alright , but the but because there is n't the scope for product differentiation alright , we have n't witnessed an increase in intra industry trade in agricultural goods whereas we have done for manufactured goods because there is scope for intra industry trade er yeah scope for product differentiation . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the intelligence that we have developed for other reasons may well ensure that we find the right answers to these questions . |
| 22 | The interest rates in this country are now down to their lowest differential with those on the continent that we have seen for many years . |
| 23 | Garden Life could turn out to be the most valuable contribution to conservation we have seen for some time . |
| 24 | President Michael Ainslie noted ‘ a greater level of consignment activity than we have seen for some time . |
| 25 | One of the most blatant and invidious pieces of political skulduggery we have seen for some time . |
| 26 | It will be helpful to set them in the context of the legislative framework which we have applied for many years . |
| 27 | ‘ We have applied for worldwide patents , and there is no question that we will have them ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We have applied for worldwide patents , and there is no question that we will have them , ’ Oag says . |
| 29 | ‘ We have applied for charitable status and we have come up with a slogan , Only Together We Can Win . ’ |
| 30 | As you are aware we will not be receiving all of the Grant that we have applied for this year and have been told by the Sports Council that our Grant is to be reduced over the next 3 years and then cease . |