Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following blast at its offices at Charlemont Place in Armagh , spokesman Paul Jackson said students should not telephone the board or call for the next two weeks until the backlog of work has been cleared . |
| 2 | If you would like to join the committee and influence policy , pass on a good idea , attend the community lunch held for those working in the area , get involved in producing the regular Headington Area Newsletter , join an informal discussion group or borrow material on Health , Parenting or Caring for the Elderly , make a special request or offer your services as a tutor or Youth Club volunteer , we would love to hear from you . |
| 3 | A problem shared is usually a problem halved , whether it is learning how to cope with rheumatism , wanting to lose some weight or caring for an elderly relative . |
| 4 | A labourer complained , " touching in particular the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor , not finding a house and providing labour or work for the said William Ashton to do in the parish " . |
| 5 | The freehold was purchased at a reasonable price in a complicated deal that allowed for a sensitive refurbishment of the grade 1-listed building and a limit of 30 hotel bedrooms . |
| 6 | The performance , too , often lacks the sort of tension that makes for a live musical experience . |
| 7 | Just voices echoing in the dark ; images that burn for a few centuries and then fade ; stories , old stories that sometimes seem to overlap ; strange links , impertinent connections . |
| 8 | It was Daedalian blood that accounted for the native handiness and wit and industry of the people of Ninfania , the father had always thought . |
| 9 | JUNE 30 : At the EGM , the BRDC members vote down a resolution by directors to ratify the deal and vote for a special resolution to have it unwound . |
| 10 | But no , as I watched , he turned a ball elegantly off his legs and called for a quick single . |
| 11 | Er the industry is responsible for half our fixed investment and accounts for a third of our manufacturing base . |
| 12 | The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election . |
| 13 | The opening of the session , called for under the terms of the April 1992 Peshawar Accords in order to elect a permanent President and prepare for a general election , had been repeatedly postponed . |
| 14 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 15 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 16 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 17 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 18 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 19 | It was like the feeling he used to get when he played another game from his childhood ; that of closing his eyes and walking for a certain number of steps along , say , a wide path in a park . |
| 20 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 21 | An enclosed community guards and cares for an enclosed community and we the public gladly subcontract this duty , hoping that it will be carried out unseen and unheard . |
| 22 | Anyone who thinks owning a diesel spells the end of driving fun , should park their backside in the AX 's comfortable , supportive driver 's seat and go for a quick ride . |
| 23 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 24 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 25 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 26 | In 1878 he arrived in the United States and studied for the Unitarian ministry at Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania . |
| 27 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 28 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 29 | On behalf of all local authority caterers , I thank Joe Hyam for his kind words and support for the local authority caterers . |
| 30 | However I run my boat as a charter boat and cater for a masochistic fringe who would sail on Christmas day if I were to let them . |