Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [art] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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1 | Their tactical naivety and non-dynamic ‘ donkeys-and-backs ’ approach made them no match for the super-fit ‘ new age ’ stars from Down Under . |
2 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
3 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
4 | He rang up the hospital and got me a bed for the next week . |
5 | The Lord has given me a heart for the Filipino people , although my work here finds me alongside so many other people . |
6 | My parents have given me an allowance for the next few weeks . |
7 | Shall I buy you a skirt for the beginning of term ? |
8 | Competition could be fierce , as a young Dundee officer discovered when even the influence of the powerful David Scott failed to secure him a place for the voyage of 1801 because |
9 | I want to know his every movement for the next two weeks . |
10 | They w o on the arrears letter we write and we say you 're in arrears , please send us a cheque for the usual amount . |
11 | You 've got a captive audience there why the hell do n't you do it a sheet why do n't you give them a programme for the next three months exactly what is happening . |
12 | I wrote to Lotus Water Products in Burnley asking if anything could be done and was advised by the company to send them the pump — they would send me an estimate for the repair . |
13 | Physically and erm emotionally writing can be very isolating and so , for example a few years ago , I was writing a huge piece on Africa about Africa and I found emotions growing that I actually did n't have names for , erm and it made it impossible to finish the piece I was working on , and then I , I went to see an Afro Asian exhibition of art and I saw portraying some of these paintings the same emotions and it , it did n't give me a name for the emotions but it , it made me feel an awful lot less isolated seeing that erm other people have also , have also felt this . |
14 | " How soon can you give me an estimate for the work ? " |
15 | Jen Longbottom says its a race for the country lovers … they try to take people to a part of the country where they would not normally get to … it 's not a race for softies … |
16 | You 've got an address , if you give that to the collators departments they can give you a name for the occupier can they ? |
17 | Egypt 's ancient past is impressively recreated in the hotel 's interiors with its rooms adorned with original Egyptian paintings and ceramics , which will certainly give you a taste for the Egyptian Museum just across the road . |
18 | Send the photograph frames by registered post to Hampton Utilities ( Birmingham ) Ltd , 15 Pitsford Street , Hockley , Birmingham B18 6LJ ( 021–554 1766 ) , explaining what needs to be done : the company will then give you a quotation for the work . |
19 | So we 'll have a coffee break and then what I want you to do when you come back is I 'll give you an objective for the talk that you 're going to give based on that you 've just done and then I want you to select three themes and three sub-themes that will support the objective that you 'll then be able to use . |
20 | If a builder has already worked with you to obtain the above , he will also give you an estimate for the work . |
21 | When we receive the Goblin Steamatic in good condition , we will send you a cheque for the full purchase price within seven working days . |
22 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
23 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
24 | These orders will give him the rules for the conduct of debate and committee work . |
25 | Well they phoned back and they said , can you tell your husband to take his car to National Tyres er , that insurance has sent him , and could they give him an invoice for the insurance company . |
26 | ‘ Why does n't her nephew send her the money for the fare ? ’ asked Mary , one of the Sprites , who had often done a good turn for Miss Miggs . |
27 | She knew she was n't welcome in Hester 's house but Mrs Johnson would give her a bed for the night . |
28 | Christina had seen it every day for the past few months , but had to admit that tonight it looked especially magical . |
29 | If these people wanted to d if these people wanted to c and they really cared about conservation and education they 'd do what the care for the wild have done . |
30 | It is further the case that the ethnographic features will give us a value for the deictic forms occurring in the utterance which was actually produced . |