Example sentences of "we [vb base] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , we make for home , heading past Vengsøya towards the mainland . |
| 2 | The following day we make for Beech Park with its luxuriant walled garden , and Butterstream , an enchanted blend of romance and formality . |
| 3 | We long for peace : |
| 4 | I know that there have been improvements , but as I represent part of the country where the climate is meteorologically colder , I know that there is a great deal of scope of increases in the support that we provide for heating allowances for our elderly population . |
| 5 | Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can . |
| 6 | Jack opened his presents in the car and we head for home and a tin of lentil soup . |
| 7 | and that 's put on and if , we say for argument sake that er she was married , we know she 's not , but she could be and her banns are in and her husband gets wind that she 's getting married again , you know , so he goes into the registrar office has a look , and she 's already married to me and this is what it 's for |
| 8 | On the one hand , it is clear that we depend for survival upon our bodies , whereas we may not want to say that God depends upon the world for survival . |
| 9 | Colleagues , just before we adjourn for lunch , could I ask you to try and take the opportunity to visit the Labour Party and Trade Unions for Labour stand where there is a live link to the national membership system . |
| 10 | On on on that note , can I suggest we adjourn for lunch , meet back here at two o'clock , prompt start . |
| 11 | That proposition presupposes that if you make a reduction in the district figures , then you must have an idea what the district contribution towards the Greater York figure is , er and I find it difficult to see that you can have , if you have a new settlement , if you have a new settlement the C provision for the new settlement floating in this table , erm but can I just say before we adjourn for coffee , that I really would like to have some very firm answers to the questions which are posed under issue two , er and particularly about two D and that is specific guidance on the location of the new settlement . |
| 12 | Can I conclude on Harrogate then and we adjourn for tea until three thirty . |
| 13 | ‘ We wait for Quincx to get back first . |
| 14 | We wait for time to test Constance Cumbey 's prophecy that the New Age is the herald of the Antichrist . |
| 15 | Now , while we wait for tea how would you like to send a fax to New York ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We hope for support from telecomms as well as computer companies and users ’ . |
| 17 | What we choose to call this event depends upon factors such as its magnitude : we speak for instance of accidents , emergencies , disasters and catastrophes , each of which carries connotations concerning the scale of the event and each of which will have a set of human and/or environmental consequences . |
| 18 | We stop for fuel somewhere in Iowa . |
| 19 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 20 | We stop for passion cake and fried bananas . |
| 21 | Secondly the allowance for inflation was based on a three per cent price increase and because of the very competitive nature of the prices we receive for maintenance work a sum of two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be carried forward into next year from this allowance , in other words the real purchasing power of the budget have been maintained and two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be put aside to stand in the future . |
| 22 | Bertolt Brecht 's aphorism has been dramatically reversed while we pause for breath . |
| 23 | Before item one , I 'd like to propose we break for lunch as near as one o'clock as business allows . |
| 24 | lady Victoria , curator of the Burghley House collection , will talk about Japanese porcelain : Kakiemon treasures and there will be time for questions before we break for coffee . |
| 25 | AS WE YEARN FOR PEACE |
| 26 | as we yearn for peace . |
| 27 | It is normally the central point of a home and around it gather the family as we meet for fellowship , fun and general chit-chat . |
| 28 | But if we consider for example the kind of idea about " aesthetics " or aesthetic experience " held by Adorno we can begin to understand this persistence . |
| 29 | We stand for animal welfare , for animal protection , for compassion , for human responsibility to the other animals . |
| 30 | We stand for freedom of the individual . |