Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you go to buy your boots or shoes , take along the socks you intend to wear for walking . |
| 2 | Male and female responses to the static models could have differed because crested auklet males tend to wait for females to approach , then aggressively reject unwanted partners , whereas females are more active in seeking out and approaching males ( although both sexes show either type of behaviour ) . |
| 3 | Stephen Day , Guinness marketing manager for Kaliber , who witnessed Smithwick 's demise , admits : ‘ Ale drinkers tend to be older and more settled in their habits than the new young trialists who tend to go for lager , so it was more difficult to persuade them . |
| 4 | Placings were the most popular method of issue over 1985–89 , although the average size at £6m was considerably smaller than offers for sale and tenders at £62.3 and £32.8 million respectively , reflecting the fact that smaller companies tend to go for placings as they tend to be cheaper ( see Table 11.2 ) and placings have also become more popular as a result of the requirements for the size of company using a placing being relaxed after Big Bang . |
| 5 | Its use is very simple — you tell the manager which cells hold the values you want to change , and they 're added to the scenario , which you name ( I tend to go for Disaster , Real and Brill — all self explanatory ) . |
| 6 | Women are free to choose where they want to go for advice and treatment . |
| 7 | Women are free to choose where they want to go for advice and treatment . |
| 8 | The Czechoslovak Finance Minister , Vaclav Klaus , expressed impatience at the pace of progress envisaged by the communiqué , declaring that Czechoslovakia did " not want to wait for committees " and wished to " start the overhaul tomorrow " . |
| 9 | You 'll need to consider whether you want to invest for income , for growth , or for a combination of the two . |
| 10 | I did that one day when things got hairier than usual , went down to where some bandit was trying to rip us off and practically rubbed beards with him and shouted into his face I Want To Work For Christ 's Sake Let Me Work , but Vic said that was n't being helpful . |
| 11 | air-hostesses who want to work for Oxfam ( but do n't — perhaps it 's the pay |
| 12 | Receivers want to sell for cash to satisfy debenture holders and secured creditors and they generally want to sell quickly before the business has deteriorated to the extent of being unsaleable . |
| 13 | But these descriptions should be confined to what the heroine sees after her adventure had begun , and in them you want to aim for reality without its customary tackiness . |
| 14 | If the adventurers specifically state that they want to look for spell ingredients , or if a spellcaster makes an Int test without specifically stating this intention , they can find the following : a fire opal ( Resist Fire ) , a crystal prism ( Destroy Illusions ) , an 8-inch diameter golden hoop ( Vanish , but the hoop is red gold , so the spell will cost 9 MPs rather than 6 ) , a magnifying glass ( Banish Illusion ) , and a polished silver mirror ( Camouflage Illusion ) . |
| 15 | If it 's too painful for her to accept that I want to look for Elaine , then I sha n't . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You still want to look for Elaine . ’ |
| 17 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
| 18 | Venables warned last night : ‘ Tottenham is a very big club and we only want players who want to play for Tottenham . |
| 19 | If you want to fish for salmon or sea trout on the Esk , you 'll need a licence . |
| 20 | Er , it 's like , it 's like the foreman on the shopfloor for some reason , there 's a er , in the systems or whatever , er , the warehouseman er , the night porter er , when he takes over , he knows what he 's doing , he knows what I want , because I 've spoken to him about it , erm , he knows what items I want to leave for stock people , erm , and Sue , the checkout manager , she 'll know if I want extra people on the shopfloor because we 're quiet , or I expect it to be quiet , erm , she knows where they 've got to be , and I 'll come back and review it with her . |
| 21 | I want to compete for Great Britain and myself . |
| 22 | I imagine they 're still adamant that they want to care for Jennifer themselves . |
| 23 | ‘ If people want to pay for perfection that 's fine by me . ’ |
| 24 | Anyway , the speaker added , with a grin , the women are willing cooperators , for they ‘ can not understand why their visitors expect to pay for sex ’ . |
| 25 | Next week parents are due to receive ballot papers to vote on whether they want to push for grant maintained status after years of waiting for the council to convert promises into action . |
| 26 | 9 A late evening walk to search for glow worms in Folkestone . |
| 27 | Sperm whales frequently dive to search for squid and they are much more agile than any of our hunting devices . |
| 28 | The patients charter sets out clearly the entitlement of a patient and the standard we seek to set for ambulance services . |
| 29 | It might , for example , seek to imprison for contempt either a working-class ‘ hero ’ organising lawful opposition outside the House to legislative proposals under consideration in it ; or an employer determined to extract his pound of flesh under legislation considered to be oppressive and proposed to be repealed as soon as possible . |
| 30 | We would like you to use your expectations and the resultant negotiations as a basis for stating some of the objectives you hope to use for direction in your marriage . |