Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |
| 2 | I tried thinking of others , more as a device than a good , and clenched my thigh muscles for a start , to give half an inch more room to the neighbors . |
| 3 | In the UK , ICL plc has previewed its Search Accelerator for the Informix relational database running on Unix SVR4 . |
| 4 | IN WHICH the barefoot songstrel rewrote her life story for the late Eighties , and came back to claim what should have been hers years before . |
| 5 | The analysts have now downgraded their inflation forecasts for the rest of this year , but many are still expecting the underlying rate to creep back up to the top of the Chancellor 's target range of 4 per cent and above this summer . |
| 6 | An expert on air accidents believes that the aircraft was de-stabilised after opening its cargo door for a low-level drop . |
| 7 | MacRae dismissed his case notes for the third stage as ‘ rubbish ’ . |
| 8 | Brooke issued an ultimatum on May 14 for all parties to accept his compromise formula for a venue by the following day or accept responsibility for wrecking the talks . |
| 9 | That is presumably via Pennsylvania 's Pocono Hills , where Lewis has his training camp for the Ruddock showdown . |
| 10 | Safely buried , Osiris now arose from the grave to train his son Horus for the punishment of Seth . |
| 11 | In 1957 there were just 140 lifers in prison ; thirty years later , in 1987 the number had grown to over 2,200 , of whom about one in five had received their life sentence for an offence other than murder . |
| 12 | Raw garlic added to your pet 's meal also deters fleas and gets rid of worms — but it may make its breath smell for a while ! |
| 13 | DEC will port its DECtp Desktop for the ACMS transaction processing client environment , a key NAS element , to all NT platforms so programs can interact , and both companies will market the product . |
| 14 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 15 | Most operators see this as an accounting nicety , but it would seem that BT is taking the directive much further , using it as the basis for building its business strategy for the next millennium . |
| 16 | ‘ Honestly God , if you had seen my performance reports for the last forty years you would not be offering me this position . ’ |
| 17 | The TI Engineering company says its takeover bid for the Dowty Group does n't threaten jobs . |
| 18 | AMS , in which IBM has a 10% stake , will be revamping its mainframe software for a range of environments using Open Interface . |
| 19 | But Dayglobe 's bid suffered a major setback last month when councillors rejected its planning application for the site . |
| 20 | Old Sun-3 and Sun386i users can exchange their CPU boards for an entry-level Model 30 . |
| 21 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 22 | Mozart composed his Haffner Serenade for the wedding of Elisabeth Haffner , daughter of a rich Salzburg merchant . |
| 23 | We 've never curtailed our lending policy for the right transaction . |
| 24 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 25 | You will be responsible for supplying copy and for the cost of correcting our cover film for the two versions . |
| 26 | The Offtackle Plan of November 1949 referred to the need to retard a Soviet advance , but the Americans continued to refine their contingency plans for a fighting retreat to such peripheral positions in or around continental Europe as proved tenable against a Soviet offensive . |
| 27 | Since then campaign organiser Ann Robarts and her team have raised more than £100,000 towards the building 's £1m construction costs and the £650,000 which will be needed to cover its running costs for the first year . |
| 28 | Records show a huge surge in deals on the high-risk , high-return traded options market 24 hours before Kingfisher , the Woolworths-to-B&Q retailing empire unveiled its takeover offer for the troubled Dixons group . |
| 29 | Elsie Titcomb joined her daughter Christine for a drink last Wednesday night , at the Royal British Legion Club in Swindon . |
| 30 | Elsie Titcomb joined her daughter Christine for a drink last Wednesday night , at the Royal British Legion Club in Swindon . |