Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE search is on for someone to fill a top training post . |
| 2 | She ‘ phoned down for somebody to bring her car out front . |
| 3 | ‘ And I think , after all the hours I have put in for nothing teaching you to ride , that you owe it to me to do your level best to win this competition . |
| 4 | I guess Chrissy 's coming in for something to eat . |
| 5 | Mm Oh I 've put in for one to pay the erm interest on the mortgage , which I have to do and that 's all being seen to because I 've had another letter saying can you tell me what this second loan were for and I 've put down yes , it was for windows and sent a bit of paper er , you know , that we 've paid four thousand seven hundred and something , five thousand , nine hundred and something we 've paid for them windows and I 've spent that |
| 6 | For years he keeps the kid hidden away like the greatest secret in the galaxy , and now he 's showing him off for everybody to see . |
| 7 | And he cancelled his er trip but I 'd I booked up for one to go to Norway |
| 8 | Mm delicious that whoever made that it 's gorgeous and er what else have we got the chocolate and things here brilliant so if you 're ringing up for anything say happy birthday to Victoria there cos she 's erm celebrating today . |
| 9 | Over the next two weeks , it will be mailing details about the initiative through to its customers , including the new 0800 number that has been set up for anyone wishing to give or receive information about piracy . |
| 10 | No , you ca n't dash out for something to eat . |
| 11 | I ca n't see them two paying out for somebody to look after it and I can not really I can not Seasons , well what you got on today ? |
| 12 | Having signed the new artist , spent time ensuring everything is right and finally gone into the studio to produce ‘ the ’ single , the record company puts its wares out for everyone to hear . |
| 13 | Staff at the top stores have been told to look out for anyone trying to use the royal cards . |
| 14 | ‘ Can we ask all preservationists to keep their eyes out for anyone trying to pass on these parts and a reward will be offered to anyone supplying information . |
| 15 | Look out for anyone standing around on their own , and if possible try to involve them in what you are doing . |
| 16 | Petion moved down the sparsely decorated hall to keep an eye out for anyone approaching . |
| 17 | When your class moves from lesson to lesson , look out for anyone walking on their own and walk with them . |
| 18 | Simone rushed back into the house , dumping the bags on the kitchen table , calling out for someone to give her a hand . |
| 19 | Be that as it may , this work , heavily reliant on repetition and never straying far from the home key , cried out for someone to nurture its more lyrical passages , to shake its often delightful phrases , to exploit its contrasts ; in short , for a far more imaginative approach than that brought by Harry Christophers . |
| 20 | whether we needed to go back for anything to go in the fridge or freezer If I got this page sort of full by the end of the week , people there were picking out their , they were getting tea bags and coffee and biscuits , you know for two pages full , I 've got one page full and of course with that I could get erm , packet of the Ferrera Roche |
| 21 | Huy cast around for something to say , and found nothing . |
| 22 | Woolley sniffed and looked around for something to blow his nose on . |
| 23 | This time he stood in the centre of the room , plainly unsure as to what had brought him in , his eye searching around for something to fasten on , like someone in mid-speech forgetting what they had to say . |
| 24 | I ca n't believe anyone would be stupid enough to trail a wire on to power cables and then leave it lying around for someone to touch . ’ |
| 25 | You see , Father , ’ Corbett continued , ‘ some time ago Monsieur de Craon tried to gain access to Godstowe and was refused , so he looked around for someone to keep him appraised of developments at the priory , particularly Lady Eleanor 's movements . |
| 26 | The next task is to cut the hide to a more manageable size , and I assumed that the straps would be cut out at this stage , so looked around for someone sitting down with a steel rule and a knife . |
| 27 | Upset by what he had seen and casting around for someone to blame , he translated his guilt into aggression and resurrected the threat of marriage to Sien as a supposed solution . |
| 28 | Coun Williams retorted : ‘ The fact that they are looking around for someone to blame is proof they really do n't want to do it . ’ |
| 29 | Oh , oh , well he 's still reversing , he 's waving his arm about for everyone to overtake him but , he still sits in the same position oh dear |
| 30 | He cleared his throat , casting about for something to say which would indicate that though he was game for anything , he nonetheless knew how to keep his hands to himself . |