Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 Most of them apparently turned up for the first Sunday game at the picturesque University ground .
2 Yeah I only put in for three thousand , he got me a nine .
3 I only go in for skinpopping .
4 I only dropped off for a second . ’
5 You see when Jane Pargeter told me , I suddenly looked round for Nicola at the party .
6 instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days
7 ‘ The ball was bouncing about and I just went in for it .
8 So on the days when I lead the Micks on Mounting Guards , I do n't get breakfast , I just make up for it at lunch .
9 I find I can easily put things into perspective , see both sides of an issue , if I just sit around for a while and I probably do that for half an hour a day .
10 " I just looked in for a moment to see how you were getting on together .
11 Ca n't think in the arts , in the art bit so I just I just go in for a coffee as well , yeah .
12 I just go out for a bit , just for an hour or two , and when I come back you ai n't even got the kettle on .
13 She said oh no I just rang up for a chat .
14 At the er and they have a band on that night that I just called on for the
15 erm , you do n't like looking through it , but can I just look through for you and learn it for you .
16 For the first time ever , my pride got the better of me and I desperately looked round for some means of defending myself .
17 Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ .
18 I always stand up for myself .
19 Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by .
20 I also sang in for him , but of course time was by then sadly running out .
21 I really cried out for God 's help , and my baby answered it .
22 It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work .
23 Probably , in those days , I was a bit of an ideological innocent — shamingly , I even singled out for praise the ostentatiously populist action of one member of the national executive .
24 I then went off for lunch which was soup and crayfish .
25 Just one of the six keyboards on test came close to meeting the criteria I initially laid down for a replacement keyboard , the Fuller FDS. Even here the poor workmanship left much to be desired .
26 Bless them , she thought fondly , it must have taken them forever to save up for it from their meagre pocket money .
27 Oh you only got up for a coffee ?
28 Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ?
29 She soon set off for Leicester , where she sobbed ‘ hideously ’ and was put in prison with two unlucky fellow-pilgrims .
30 Yeah , but you just , you just figure out for yourself what
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