Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to cope , but we have to carry on for everyone 's sake . |
| 2 | In one group of eight , half chose to go in for their first farrowing ; the second time they farrowed , all eight went in . |
| 3 | They get you to go in for something and then it costs you money . |
| 4 | I do n't honestly know , he said er , he 's got to go in for his test , he said , and then I 'll have to see about a car so I do n't know whether they 're gon na buy him one or not |
| 5 | If only your parents 'd had the sense to let you to go in for it . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm actually going to go in for it in the Telegraph 's competition , so I may as well use the same team for our one if it gets going . |
| 7 | Used to go in for your model paints and coloured marbles |
| 8 | I might get the old lady to go down for me . |
| 9 | When you have finished , go back over the whole list and circle those four or five things that you would like to work on for yourself over the next week or so . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd like to change because I think good actors do alter the way they look and it 's something I plan to work on for my career in the future . ’ |
| 11 | This sounds like a beg for someone to come in for him and I reckon Wilko 's phone will soon be ringing and he is on the way out . |
| 12 | Striker Don Goodman is rated as doubtful with a recurring groin injury , and if he has to stand down again Hawke is likely to come in for his first game of the season probably as a partner for ex-England and Boro man Peter Davenport . |
| 13 | ‘ Please tell her I 'm sorry she 's ill — but that I 'm pleased to be able to stand in for her . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll have got my bearings by tomorrow , so you wo n't need to stand in for me , ’ she said , ‘ but tonight , I do n't mind admitting , I 'll be glad to catch up on some beauty sleep . |
| 15 | The trustee is to chair meetings of the committee , but he may nominate someone else to stand in for him and that person must either be an employee of his experienced in insolvency matters or another qualified insolvency practitioner ( r 6.154 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 17 | If the Ketterings had wanted another family to stand in for them , it could only be for recognition by someone they wished to avoid or who might be a danger to them . |
| 18 | ‘ They have always said they will care for Jennifer completely , and until now they 've only allowed me to stand in for them , but it 's taking its toll . |
| 19 | It might also be argued that it functions as metonymy , in which some element closely associated with the prime function of the whole comes to stand in for it . |
| 20 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 21 | I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner . |
| 22 | It has been designed to be of value and interest to all grades of nurses who may wish to work through for their own interest and professional development . |
| 23 | Over the past decade Muslims have learnt to stand up for themselves . |
| 24 | His group was a homespun affair and he wanted to support people inspired solely by the love of writing and music , and with the verve to stand up for themselves in print . |
| 25 | You see , and all the time we 're pushing it , you know , the girls have got to stand up for themselves and they 're not to allow the boys to speak to them in ways that are sexist . |
| 26 | He genuinely like women , and he liked people who were prepared to stand up for themselves . |
| 27 | What do you really think is more important , disappointing your ‘ friends ’ by ‘ going all religious on them ’ or disappointing Jesus by failing to stand up for him ? |
| 28 | He was always loyal and when we had a house maid who adored Basil and had little affection for his sisters and she used to stand up for him as hardly done by , he would have none of it , to my remembered satisfaction . |
| 29 | It is the individual customer who is most vulnerable when competition is lacking , and the Bill concentrates on improving his position and on giving the regulator more powers to stand up for him when he has disputes with the regulated utilities . |
| 30 | The goal of assertiveness should be to stand up for one 's rights without violating the rights of others . |