Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are all children and me , and adults who have been baptised members of the church ? is not or you 'll be actually encouraged or pressured to misinterpret the membership or should we wait for them to be informed er er , to wait for them to , to feel the ? |
| 2 | But the former was impossible with the twins in tow and the latter unthinkable given the length of time he 'd have to wait for one on a Sunday . |
| 3 | It is a good idea to wait for one to three months , after coming off the Pill , to see what effect this has — for some women , the Pill itself is the unsuspected source of vague health problems , so the anti- Candida diet may be unnecessary . |
| 4 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 5 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 6 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
| 7 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 8 | He had sent her , with Ned and the barmaids and Heaven knew how many others watching , to wait for him in his bed . |
| 9 | When he goes out there to wait for her in the evening , I sometimes think : It is n't Rosa . |
| 10 | ’ Even if a car is n't in stock and we have to wait for it to be built , we can generally hold the agreed price . ’ |
| 11 | But rather than saying , ‘ Sorry mate , you 'll have to wait for it to be repaired , ’ Doug said , ‘ Take that one over there ! ’ pointing to an equivalent amp . |
| 12 | Did you have to wait for it to be done ? |
| 13 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 14 | But , er , so hopefully Michelle will get this next Tracey 's position , and obviously sort of in in the meantime and providing her position comes up they are bringing in a Telesales County Secretary , which was n't gon na come in for about a year cos they wanted to sort of like , trial it , but now they 've decided if that 's what they want the position to do erm it 'll probably happen in the next two months and they said for me to go for it from our division , so I said right , okay . |
| 15 | At the same time as the Nun 's Priest is made to try to claim for himself in his tale the equivalent of : he , or Chaucer , reassures those who are able to share in the joke that the opposite is the case . |
| 16 | ( Someone suffering property damage not exceeding £275 may , of course , be able to claim for it in negligence or under the implied terms in the Sale of Goods Act ) . |
| 17 | ‘ So I went through my phrase-book to search for something like ‘ Shut up ’ . |
| 18 | Each subject key is restricted to three letters and a pupil searching for information on WATER might search under PHY and WAT for materials on WATER in relation to PHYSICS or under WAT to search for anything on WATER . |
| 19 | Sandy then asked me if I 'd like to carry for him at Walton Heath for the Cup . |
| 20 | Roberto had written and asked me to carry for him in that year 's Open . |
| 21 | On the contrary , to emphasise the personal and private nature of moral or immoral conduct is to emphasise the personal and private responsibility of the individual for his own actions , and this is a responsibility which a mature agent can properly be expected to carry for himself without the threat of punishment from the law . |
| 22 | In the 1950s Willie had watched Ben Hogan practising for the Open , and he had promised himself he was going to carry for someone like him . |
| 23 | Members of the public took the opportunity to see for themselves in a unique open day . |
| 24 | Having watched television documentaries about life in East Germany , Becker was keen to see for himself for the first time . |
| 25 | I shall only be able to weep for him at night , after Enid has fallen asleep . |
| 26 | She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough . |
| 27 | To get good dried apricots it is nowadays necessary to shop for them in wholefood and health food stores . |
| 28 | I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital . |
| 29 | Stefan , perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for them to be collected from my apartment in Vienna and brought down here for the wardrobe woman . ’ |
| 30 | She promises to come for him at noon . |