Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shop is a far cry from the modern boutique , and still has stock dating back for generations . |
| 2 | Even when a cabinet minister he found time to write round for subscriptions for the Birmingham Unionists and to attend their routine meetings . |
| 3 | This paper summarises a survey of housing and support services carried out for Shelter in 1989 ( see Morris , 1990 ) . |
| 4 | And they reiterated that they would like Becky to stay in for tests but Jenny could come home , and Becky was a bit jaundiced you see . |
| 5 | True grit … the council 's gritting team stands by for action |
| 6 | We always tell folk to watch out for clubroot , because the wallflower is actually a member of the cabbage family . |
| 7 | Actually Father Duryea , our contact , our man , always saw us right away ; but that did n't stop Hamilton hanging around for hours afterwards , in the waiting room . |
| 8 | But it was precisely Gould 's unshakeable commonsense , which Havell had so reviled , that was beginning to antagonise the rival American camp , and it was with exasperation that they watched Gould set off for Europe on a reconnoitring trip for his second publication . |
| 9 | Roseanne Barr would make a great Liz during her older , fatter days but could have trouble slimming down for scenes of a 60-year-old Liz in her more glamorous days . |
| 10 | Such a rejection of state and vanguard party with its accompanied space opened up for pluralism and difference is of potential significance for left political culture today . |
| 11 | But they also take scraps thrown out for birds , together with the bread and milk put out for them by well-meaning animal lovers . |
| 12 | Police have appealed to scrap dealers to look out for brass electrical equipment stolen from Wearmouth Colliery . |
| 13 | You said Whelan came on for Rocky , so I assume Wallace then played wide on the right . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think Zeinab goes in for compromises much , ’ said Owen gloomily . |
| 15 | ‘ Unnecessary suffering ? ’ , last night 's Natural Concern programme ( BBC 2 ) , began with shots of the cuddly toys and cartoons with which modern children are sold the lie that ‘ animals are whimsical , endearing extensions of ourselves ’ : the emotions which lead people to stick up for animals , that is , can be branded as essentially childish . |