Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
2 | This is in a twelve hour so for a daily flow we 've This was a surveying period about twenty percent for to these for a full day . |
3 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
4 | My wife and I saved over a number of years to get enough money together for a decent Land Rover . |
5 | The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house . |
6 | Two-dimensional stop-motion animation of flat pictures — such as the cels used in cartoons — is a topic complex enough for a separate book . |
7 | All about Keswick he had noticed gangs of men building the giant reaches of drystone walls enclosing even the highest fell-land , the better to take advantage of grain prices in the war ; gangs of men working the woods , as charcoal-burners , swill-makers , coppice-workers , plain woodmen ; and , as here , men in the high mines — men spread all over the landscape , bondmen of industry , all living out near their workplace , turf huts and teepees scattered abroad , excluded from society throughout the week of their work and let into its comforts and pleasure only for a brief Saturday night escape . |
8 | Eyes down for a full house and a long run . |
9 | Eyes down for a full house . |
10 | The other residents are mainly visiting academics , often very senior members of their own universities , from many countries , any academic discipline , and are staying in the college usually for a short time . |
11 | Sir James pushes the boat out for a double celebration |
12 | One of them three months ago for a violent attack . |
13 | The duo came to Darlington about 18 months ago for a one-night show , but have not played panto in the North-East before . |
14 | There would be opportunities here for a cross-European sharing of expertise built up around bilingual skills . |
15 | The booklet would be too big to be given away , but could be available in tourist offices etc for a reasonable price . |
16 | Mr Jackson drives me in his car sometimes for a special treat . |
17 | She presented three rows of two letters in either the left or right field and asked subjects either for a full report of all six letters or simply to recall a particular pair of letters ( partial report condition ) corresponding to a single column of the display . |
18 | If Brian [ husband ] was working … maybe I could have put the money away for a rainy day , but in our place … you more or less need it . |
19 | As I see it , you get your bills in for a certain amount and you 've got to pay it . |
20 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
21 | BURSCOUGH will put behind them their best victory of the season as they travel to Blackpool Rovers tonight for a Bass North West Counties League clash . |
22 | If you cut corners just for a quiet life , you 'll have trouble . |
23 | Her less intellectual sister next door may be tranquilly watching television , an infant asleep beside her and a stew bubbling on the stove , while the first-class honours graduate hunts frantically for a clean nappy as the baby howls and the telephone rings . |
24 | Boxing : Sky lines up for a classic TV fight : Neil Wilson on the big battle of the small screen and growing threat of the extra terrestrial to the conventional channels : ‘ We 're not averse even to putting major sport on our movie channel .. |
25 | Paul Merson is playing with a maturity which augers well for a rich future to an England career that started so well in Czechoslovakia last month . |
26 | If your engine is fitted with a viscous coupled cooling fan and the viscous unit is faulty after running the engine fast for a short time and then slowing down the fan continues to spin freely and even speeds up . |
27 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
28 | She moved towards a seat and regarded the girl steadily for a long moment . |
29 | The two researchers do not recommend introducing pigs into existing woodland , but favour planting new areas specifically for a sylvopastoral system with pigs or planting trees on an outdoor range that is already in use . |
30 | Former West Indies captain Sir Garfield Sobers , 55 , underwent successful surgery in Miami , Florida recently for a detached retina in his left eye . |