Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I belong to a family which goes back for 14 centuries . |
| 2 | It is a situation which cries out for centralised resolution of the type the large commercial organisation can impose . |
| 3 | Structuralist linguists retaliate to the generative linguist 's claim for competence over performance with the argument ‘ An automatic language-processing system which works adequately for competent language but fails on performance is a futile system , because all there is to be processed is performance . ’ |
| 4 | Which works out for both of you . |
| 5 | But they will expect rewards for their loyalty later , which augurs badly for forthcoming debates on both the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) , which many liberals oppose , and on welfare reform . |
| 6 | The compression ratio is from 1:1 to infinity:1 and Threshold , Ratio , Attack and Release controls are provided , along with an Output level control which makes up for any gain lost during processing . |
| 7 | That broken comb exemplifies the apparently inexhaustible strength of the novel 's flotsam , its disjunctive detail which makes nevertheless for tonal coherence . |
| 8 | No stone rolled down the cliff that morning , and I left Euclid still snoozing on the old redwood step at about 10.50am and headed off over the bridge to Lighthouse Road , which runs along for two or three miles south of the river , through to the mouth of the Mattole and the northern tip of the King range . |
| 9 | She 's with a boy our age — a toy boy — and though he deserts her for young girls and even beats her up — she 's such a sucker for punishment , she goes back for more . |
| 10 | Edwina , the worldly mother-in-law who goes in for interior decoration . |
| 11 | One such case of this node would be a readerly conception of a cynical author , perhaps , one who writes only for financial return or with disinterest or contempt for his or her readers . |
| 12 | He numbers among his close friends Patrick Hourcade of French Vogue , who looks out for fine furniture for him . |
| 13 | Yes , Dorothea thought , I would enjoy her company , she would take me out of myself , for she has never for one moment lost her grip upon life , her grasp of a situation , her confidence . |
| 14 | This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort . |
| 15 | An' she drops in for another little drop , |
| 16 | Another new face in the pack is lock Jeremy Cruiks who has come up through the ranks , while back in action are back-row duo Mark Hampton and David Croft , who fills in for injured number 8 Roger Wilson . |
| 17 | I have a person who comes in for two hours every morning , but … but she does just the very rough work . |
| 18 | Margaret 's Anita is a trained patisserie chef , who comes in for three days a week to delight people with her delicious home-baked brown bread and scrumptious deserts . |
| 19 | She works consistently for American television , on Broadway and in films . |
| 20 | She works tirelessly for those in need … but is it enough to weather storm ? |
| 21 | Your Mum 's a , and they fuck her and they slap her and she comes back for more . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll get her something when she comes home for that . ’ |
| 23 | Erm er well everyone gets there for half six but it does n't exactly start till seven . |
| 24 | No one knows quite for certain . |
| 25 | The traveller who rides on a local bus can learn a lot : in the mountains of Greece everyone clings on for dear life and makes the sign of the cross at every bend in the road ; in the Thar Desert , Rajasthan , a sense of humour is essential , especially when the giggling driver moves the sheltering bus to reveal squatting passengers answering the call of nature , and in South America it helps if you do n't mind sitting next to a chicken or sharing the floor with a goat . |
| 26 | If it goes on for another 2 weeks , that is a distinct possibility . |
| 27 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 28 | Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another . |
| 29 | It goes along for twelve months . |
| 30 | ‘ As Mr. Pannick says , it cries out for some explanation from the board . |