Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author , David Ottewill , qualified as an architect in the 1950s and went on to work for John Brandon-Jones . |
| 2 | Fred Crocombe went on to work for Boulton Paul Aircraft , and often reflected on how close he came to being one of those many aviator 's lost mysteriously without a trace over the wide expanse of the sea . |
| 3 | I knew I should go back to the stockade now , but an idea came to me and I sat down to wait for darkness . |
| 4 | Then we all settled down to wait for Madam . |
| 5 | This Friday Geraldine settled down to wait for Newsnight . |
| 6 | The welcome 's over … the introductions have been made … today it 's been down to work for Oxford United 's new manager Denis Smith and his assistant Malcolm Crosby … their plan for the first game |
| 7 | He had gone in to look for adventure , but had found love , he told Lord Henry . |
| 8 | ‘ I went in to look for adventure , but I found love , ’ Dorian told Lord Henry . |
| 9 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
| 10 | The dry slope was dotted with rabbits — some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes , others pushing farther down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed . |
| 11 | Mr. F.W. Dee ( Company Secretary at the Brewery and brother to found Harry Dee ) had been down to play for Henley but had to withdraw ‘ having arranged to play for Peppard ’ . |
| 12 | Stephen came in to change for dinner , thoughtful and brooding . |
| 13 | With a tripod you lose the freedom of camera mobility which you have with a hand-held camera , and if you decide to dispense with a tripod , a position at 3 m ( 10 ft ) or so from the subjects will allow you to work the zoom from wide angle down to midrange for close-ups . |
| 14 | Plant breeders anywhere in the world can write in to ask for budwood from these clones , some of which are wild in origin while others have been selected from plantations in various countries . |
| 15 | When I am sitting up there working with the librarian , pupils will come trotting in with little notes from teachers saying " I have been sent in to ask for books on … " and off they will go for that lesson which is what she wanted , so they have achieved it . |
| 16 | If your candidate is going to research the level of pollution in a local river , he does n't stand on the bridge and look ; he either wades in to feel for junk or he goes in with a professional diver to find it . |
| 17 | For private medical insurance premiums for someone aged 60 or over to qualify for tax relief , the contract may only cover specific types of charge . |
| 18 | 6-3 down at half-time … they were in even bigger trouble at the start of the second half when Nick Beal raced through to score for Northampton … |
| 19 | She found a pair of stockings , passed her hand through to check for runs , discovered a small one near the heel and dabbed it with the bar of soap to hold it ; put on her two-tone coffee and cream high-heel shoes , then looking close in the mirror , applied some eyeliner with the flick of a tail in the corner and painted pale lipstick on her mouth . |
| 20 | Walden , who also became a Northamptonshire County cricketer , went on to play for Tottenham . |
| 21 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 22 | FORMER Darlington goalkeeper Jeff Wealands , who went on to play for Hull City and Manchester United after leaving Feethams , has decided to quit senior football . |
| 23 | She won two of her three matches in the Home Internationals of that year and went on to play for England again in 1935 . |
| 24 | The girls , spurred on by their victory went on to win their next league match and the boys went on to play for England football and cricket teams . |
| 25 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 26 | And , once he had taken three months off to play for England in Australia , the rumour seemed to have died the death . |
| 27 | The following year , in May , I sneaked off to audition for Tiller without my mother 's knowledge . |
| 28 | He threw it in the trolley and went off to look for things Elinor did n't like . |
| 29 | I set off to look for Nigel — quite a long way down , as the staircases did n't connect and one had to walk the complete length of the first-floor gallery before descending the second . |
| 30 | Has it gone off to look for Buck ? ’ |