Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] in [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1993 is a year to really find the right person , so it may be that an unsatisfactory relationship has to go in order for the appropriate one to come in . |
| 2 | Despite the lines round her mouth and the flecks of grey in her hair , there was a bloom in her cheeks and her eyes shone like those of a girl who has fallen in love for the first time . |
| 3 | The engineering industry has continued in decline for the past year . |
| 4 | Safety work has begun in preparation for the demolition of one of Swindon 's most controversial buildings . |
| 5 | The prosecution say that she was plucked from the bridge by Hagans , who 'd lain in wait for the right victim and then pounced . |
| 6 | Existing trade agreements between East Germany and east European countries ( especially the Soviet Union ) would have to remain in place for the time being , but imports under these agreements would have to be confined to the territory of East Germany . |
| 7 | Had the player not been defied by a remarkable save by Kopke , Ferguson 's value would have soared in time for the day when Dundee United are finally made the offer they can not refuse . |
| 8 | He could have laid in wait for the soldiers and split their heads and — ‘ Fight ? |
| 9 | Paul , on the other hand , is an improbably fresh-faced 22 , who might just have to start shaving in time for the return of Halley 's comet . |
| 10 | It was only when nine bottles disappeared in one morning that he decided to lie in wait for the thief . |
| 11 | The Iraqi government offered to co-operate in return for the lifting of economic sanctions and announced that it would send a mission to New York to discuss this with the UN Security Council on March 10 . |
| 12 | The court reform is sometimes thought to have originated in concern for the peasantry . |
| 13 | we 've come , we 've had to make at previous meetings , Chairman , about the er , about the fall off we 've had in demand for the small units there now . |
| 14 | Rivalry between the respective leaders , Campeanu and Ratiu , who already in 1984 had competed in exile for the leadership of the World Union of Free Romanians , prevented any agreement over a joint presidential candidate . |
| 15 | All Giles had wanted in return for the small gifts he showered on her was affection . |
| 16 | It had been a very typical contract that Mark Letterworth had contrived in outline for the sale of the turbine engines to a Moscow factory . |
| 17 | ‘ It meant I had to stay in character for the five weeks between the two periods of works . |
| 18 | Once , in a very bad patch , Jasper had been like that for weeks , over a month , and she had lived in terror for the knock of the police at the door , and news about Jasper she had been dreading since she had first met him . |
| 19 | He had obligations to the universal episcopate which had to act in harmony for the unity of the church . |
| 20 | The following day the IDA advised Raybestos to cease dumping in Ringaskiddy for the moment . |
| 21 | As used by Marxists , the concept refers to the circulation of capital , with people exchanging the money they have earned in employment for the goods and services they need and require . |
| 22 | Increasingly pupils who have prepared in advance for the visit may arrive armed with their own list of questions and topics that they wish to investigate . |
| 23 | ‘ We went for an open systems solution because we wanted to build in flexibility for the future , ’ says ACCOUNTANCY 's Malcolm Cole . |