Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 2 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 3 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 4 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 5 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 6 | When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead . |
| 7 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 8 | We will include this poem : I 've been saving it up for the right occasion . ’ |
| 9 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 10 | That settled , I booked myself in for the first two weeks of August , five months after my operation . |
| 11 | My experience also spans the full spectrum of aircraft maintenance within the RAF from turning them around for the next flight at the sharp end , through the deeper repair at station level to the major repair at remote sites . |
| 12 | They they something like , and I 'll look it up for the precise wording , that this would be acting like greenbelt . |
| 13 | The relative value of doing so measured against the cost of the associated hard and software , however , rules it out for the present time at least . |
| 14 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 15 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 16 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 17 | Mr Sweet does not want to farm the site , but dig it up for the valuable peat underneath . |
| 18 | Oh it 's it it 's on a it 's on erm it 's on a plate so you er I do n't mind I 'm , you know I do n't mind not getting it back for the next month . |
| 19 | Er , you would n't call them in for the petty things . |
| 20 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 21 | One of Alejandro 's sons playing back rode him off for the backhand and hit it up the field to his brother who dribbled it a few yards , then sliced it to Perdita . |
| 22 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 23 | I said I 'll leave mine out for the bloody bin men before I take it down the tippy . |
| 24 | WOOD GROUP Haven Engineering , met Sony [ UK ] Projects Department , on 29 April to battle it out for the recently-established Wood Group Haven v Sony [ UK ] Snooker challenge cup , at the Snooker Centre , Bridgend . |
| 25 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 26 | Not going to pay me back for the bloody nose , even if you did nearly knock my head off ? ’ |
| 27 | Yeah , I know he 's admitted it already that does n't mean we 're not gon na get you back for the first time you fucking did it ! |
| 28 | An exhausted Anabelle ambled to the gate and squeezed herself under for the last time . |
| 29 | She , they should of put her in for the intermediate |
| 30 | The two head office teams battled it out for the top spot , but it was no surprise to see , a Bolton Sailing Club member along with his father , steer his craft over the line first . |