Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 32 | They 're warming us up for the next attack . ’ |
| 33 | It was also a shot which sets us up for the glorious conclusion to the match in the Singles the following day . |
| 34 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 35 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 36 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
| 37 | No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination . |
| 38 | This seems quite difficult at first , but you should soon be able to weave more quickly as you find out when you move your hand to release the yarn ready to lay it over for the next row . |
| 39 | What a load of bull … the bidders fight it out for the best of British beef . |
| 40 | A 1–0 result that should settle us down for the coming weeks especially with Liverpool and Arsenal back to back . |
| 41 | I did n't know that Ben had been following me around for the last five years ! |
| 42 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 43 | For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 . |