Example sentences of "[verb] for another [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Normally the others would remain for another hour or so .
2 I had to wait for another performance to see . ’
3 But I am afraid this will have to wait for another occasion . ’
4 All is well , however , except that the 140 people on the island will have to wait for another occasion to exercise their democratic rights .
5 However , that discussion will have to wait for another day .
6 A new motor car was for many a luxury that would have to wait for another day .
7 ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’
8 Fellow passengers had to wait for another train to continue their journey because the original train 's safety mechanism had jammed .
9 Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes .
10 He will not have long to wait for another diet of his own words .
11 Aloud he said he would stay for another night and take her place on the constituency slate .
12 The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in .
13 Albert was so distressed by the whole affair that he applied for another post further away from the scene of the tragedy .
14 When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try .
15 Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ?
16 They 're here all this morning , but they had to go for another meeting .
17 Kerry 's hair had been recently cut but she decided to go for another snip when she arrived at the studio .
18 If you forget , as you turn to go for another dog the lead dog , being a friendly creature , will come with you .
19 ( 9 ) To authorise an applicant for an emergency protection order to search for another child on the same premises ( s48(4) ) .
20 ‘ Grimm , ’ he said , ‘ I want you to go deep into the ruptured entrails of Vasilariov to search for another hydra .
21 They may therefore take up the offer more speedily than they otherwise would , or be more reluctant to leave their existing job to search for another job .
22 When they started to gather for another push , the second wave of mounted police went in , scattering the pickets right across the field .
23 It was on the basis of that syllogism that the connection between schools and parents developed for another decade or more .
24 The University 's overhauled financial systems allow it to plan for another year in which income and expenditure will at least balance and may perhaps allow some restoration of the reserves it needs to cope with unexpected problems .
25 Hence , an illusion that the children would sooner or later return home was sustained , mitigating the need to plan for another outcome which , in any case , was considered inferior and likely to do as much harm as good .
26 As discussed earlier ( p. 101 ) , a patient thought to require further or more prolonged help may be referred for another kind of treatment .
27 They now account for another quarter .
28 Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result .
29 Give the board a good jolt and the l.e.d. should stop flashing for another minute .
30 The Wisconsin state authorities feel that they have lost enough money on Steve Chen 's dreams — his failed Supercomputer Systems Inc received $75m in incentives from to establish its operations in Eau Claire , and they showed Chen the door when he asked for another $5m to get his fledgling SuperComputers International Inc off the ground in Eau Claire .
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