Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb base] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's just the horse you need for a competitive race like the Andy Capp Handicap . ’ |
| 2 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
| 3 | Weight for weight it does not compare favourably with foods like cereals and nuts in fibre content , although it works out well when you take into account how much fibre you get for a modest number of calories . |
| 4 | These years will not count as part of your working life , and the number of qualifying years you need for a full pension will be reduced . |
| 5 | ‘ We will have no difficulty in getting the fifty signatures we need for a Special General Meeting . |
| 6 | About fifteen quid I think for a small one this chap said , it 's very cheap |
| 7 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 8 | Every time we go for a Chinese |
| 9 | There must , in fact , be few marriages in which temporary sexual difficulties do not arise and , as we have seen , at any one time they exist for a fair proportion of married adults . |