Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Detailed studies of particular artefacts direct attention to the varying complexity involved in manufacturing items , many of them designed for specific functions . |
| 2 | Everyone looks for different types of friends at different ages . |
| 3 | If you have any recipes that work particularly well , please let me know for future editions of this book . |
| 4 | ‘ There is nothing to stop them applying for other nights , but there is no guarantee that they will get them . |
| 5 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 6 | I asked for certain research facilities and I got them . |
| 7 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 8 | I asked for professional counselling which I did n't get . ’ |
| 9 | I asked for special leave and borrowed the eighty pounds for a short-term return ticket on the letter-mail route to the UK . |
| 10 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 11 | I still possess a tape-recording of a news report I made for Irish radio in which — to a background of Palestinian rifle fire — I hear my own voice informing listeners in the furthest villages of County Mayo that they are listening to ‘ the last shots of the Lebanese civil war ’ . |
| 12 | I planned for year-round interest and used such plants as climbing roses , clematis , jasmines , honeysuckle and Japanese quince . |
| 13 | I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News . |
| 14 | Cos I punished for stupid things . |
| 15 | Having made a new table to replace a rather unsteady card table , there being no local shop which sold green baize , I opted for green Heuga carpet tiles . |
| 16 | ‘ I opted for full hospital care . |
| 17 | I opted for bright summertime colours but for autumn you might have brown hedgehogs shuffling through leaves of russet and gold . |
| 18 | I played for high stakes — and I have lost . |
| 19 | ‘ I also know that Mrs Chapman has arthritis which makes it almost impossible for her to climb those stairs to the little flat , ’ I added for good measure . |
| 20 | Since time is something I do n't have too much of these days I look for other solutions like hats , turbans , scarves or wigs and pieces . |
| 21 | I look for certain features , like the floor . |
| 22 | Another important aim I envisaged for New Millennium when it was incorporated in 1983 was the development of holiday ideas which would try to eliminate damage to the environment associated with mass tourism . |
| 23 | I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often . |
| 24 | ‘ ’ Many the rich cheeses I pressed for ungrateful townsfolk , Yet never did I get home with much money in my pocket , ’ ' quoted Bacci , who had studied at the Liceo Classico . |
| 25 | The Prado 's director , Felipe Vicente Garin , retorted : ‘ Why should I call for new ideas when I 've already got my own ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Before I escaped from Rotterdam , I worked for British Intelligence . |
| 27 | I grubbed for whole ones , baby skulls |
| 28 | Of these , the set that I selected for careful examination within the main projects is the ( pull ) set , which deals with alternation between [ u ] and [ Δ ] in a set of lexical items such as pull , put , foot , shook . |
| 29 | Also asked him for report which I needed for Statutory Review . |
| 30 | I advertised for male compositors [ to work the machines ] and got no reply . |