Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver launches forward for a narrow escape . |
| 2 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 3 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 4 | ‘ The times cry out for a dramatic change in our relationship to our neighbour , the Earth and , at root to God . |
| 5 | Some of the early structure plans were extraordinarily ambitious in their scope : land use plans promised just for a little while to become all-embracing social , economic and ‘ physical ’ documents , with a further clear relationship to transportation matters . |
| 6 | Spared that sort of indignity , the 22 horses and riders approached individually for a staggered start . |
| 7 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 9 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 10 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 11 | There 's a club meeting here for a social weekend — I think they like to keep their places warm here for when coarse fishing starts again . |
| 12 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 13 | With the slope in their favour and the wind at their backs , Hammer pressed hard for an early goal to unsettle the favourites . |
| 14 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 15 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 16 | For instance , I have today recorded a radio interview in Welsh stressing the need to have an application for quarrying on the Carmel Woods SSSI called in for a public inquiry . |
| 17 | Bryn 's mouth worked silently for a few seconds . |
| 18 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 19 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 20 | Erm I I look forward to hearing Mr 's views on on this particular matter given that he was the or or the department was was responsible for for in a sense prolonging the discussion to consider the breakdown of locations and as to whether he feels that there is sufficient technical information available on all of the sectors should a recommendation come forward for a particular sector from from the panel . |
| 21 | Under the 1975 Constitution , legislative power was vested in the 40-member National Assembly indirectly elected for a five-year term , executive power was vested in a President elected indirectly for a five-year term , and the Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tomé and Príncipe ( MLSTP ) was the sole legal political party . |
| 22 | The political parties warmed up for a general election by bickering over whether the new health trusts remain part of the national health service . |
| 23 | The reason for the overall cut-off point of ten years is to prevent the threat of legal action stretching out for an unlimited period . |
| 24 | That report was sent to our national executive committee and on May the nineteenth the leader of the Labour party stated and I quote , the plant committee concludes that different elected bodies can be chosen by different electoral systems , that is the view which I share and I support the proposals made both for a reformed second chamber and the European parliament . |
| 25 | Ms or Mr Trim wakes up for an early morning drink , has tea or coffee with either no milk or skimmed milk and definitely no sugar . |
| 26 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 27 | Yet one more distinction is the conclusion that the Japanese use more unique parts — elements designed specifically for a particular model . |
| 28 | Instead , we gradually get the horse used to having its feet picked up , little by little , until it will tolerates having its feet picked up for a longer time without causing any fuss . |
| 29 | If I may broaden it away from erm the Cardinal Newman School and think probably of a lot of East Sussex Comprehensive Schools , I think we have all been , in the schools , in the last few years , working hard to establish this openness , and I think that the closed concept of the school , the school that locks children out at break or locks children out at dinner time , which only allows parents to come in for a phoney Open Day when there are a few children there , they are things largely , I think , of the past and they are the closed society . |
| 30 | The angels promenaded in neat and pleasing lines , three witches cavorted wildly for a brief moment , and some of the singers were given a few simple but effective steps . |