Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s the police were often concerned with the need to keep apart two rival groups , each of which had gathered together for a demonstration in the same place and at the same time . |
| 2 | It was already beginning to fill up with French businessmen , and Jean-Paul made purposefully for a table in the window . |
| 3 | Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need . |
| 4 | Instead of a plot of intertwined complication , which would do nicely for a book in which its unravelling was the whole of the matter , you might well find that a plot which consisted of only one major twist or deception would suit you best . |
| 5 | The two legends came together for a race in aid of the charity , Comic Relief . |
| 6 | The horse still searched desperately for a footing in the soft , moving earth of the cliff-side and Maggie felt that every bone in her body was jarred as the flying hoofs found what they sought . |
| 7 | Stuck together for a lifetime in that bed , drinking cups of coffee , looking at people who were not like themselves in that cautious keep-off way . |
| 8 | The young couple were now secluded together for a week in a specially decorated apartment . |
| 9 | Loads of fresh water ; go ashore for a shower in the communal wash house ! |
| 10 | I often feel like I could pack up and go home for a holiday in Ireland . |
| 11 | I am sure , however , that Jim will be back competing hard for a place in the Walker Cup side at Portmarnock . |
| 12 | Shadow community care minister David Hinchliffe is campaigning vigorously for a change in the law . |
| 13 | And we always try to get together for a while in the same room before we play a concert , just to make sure we have a talk and a laugh . |
| 14 | He was delighted that Hoare planned to get away for a holiday in Switzerland . |
| 15 | Miss Lee is at Nwanza , in Tanzania , with the Church Mission Society and will come home for a holiday in Britain next year . |
| 16 | Also , portraits of individual children are far more common in the eighteenth century than in the seventeenth , again arguing both for a change in fashionable attitudes , and also , may be , for a greater emotional investment in children by parents . |
| 17 | It , therefore , persuaded the DES to withdraw Circular 1/82 which imposed a moratorium on virtually all new advanced courses , so that , under specific conditions , proposals for new courses can come forward for a start in September 1983 . |
| 18 | He congratulates himself , however , on auditioning successfully for a part in this Parisian cinema . |
| 19 | She has a miserable time , leaving home for a job in a club , escaping from reform school to hang out with drunken hoodlums and joining up with some soldiers for a bout of petty thieving that culminates in murder , and the film never allows one into the girl 's experience . |
| 20 | Some mothers can enjoy and care well for a baby in arms , but are disturbed by and neglectful of a toddler who starts to express independence and move away as well as towards . |
| 21 | The need for the interpreter to search actively for a context in which the deictic references can be successfully disambiguated is not a peculiarly literary phenomenon , but applies to a wide variety of language uses . |
| 22 | They stood together for a moment in the doorway , linking arms proudly . |
| 23 | But he will slip away for a holiday in a luxury Spanish villa after the final ceremony . |
| 24 | They stood then for a moment in mutual silence and surprise , rather as Sophia and Rupert had stood on Ianthe 's doorstep , or like two strange cats meeting each other for the first time . |
| 25 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 26 | I stood there for a while in the damp grey afternoon and whispered : ‘ Godspeed . ’ |
| 27 | She stood there for a moment in confusion , the lantern in her hand shedding a golden light on the creamy folds of her dress where the dark fur had fallen open over it , her hand to her eyes , shading them against the lantern light , her brow creased with puzzlement . |