Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Frenchman , before turning to her sons , let his glance fall pointedly for a moment to the swell of her breasts tightly bodiced beneath a new Fifth Avenue day dress of sheer white silk chiffon ; then he smiled secretly at her again and this undisguised expression of passionate interest brought a faint flush to her face .
2 But maybe he did see Rosa run heavily for the door of her home ; maybe he was one of the men in the cafe who knew , who corroborated Tommaso 's insult later with their laughter , and made it impossible for Davide to ignore it and fail to issue his challenge .
3 He watched the cashier ring through for a clearance and had been surprised when it was accepted .
4 lets hope scum go down for the geordies tomorrow ( match of the day in norway ) ! ( hmm — my futba-english justs keeps improving does n't it ; - ] )
5 But how does the cake divide up for the punters ?
6 And farmer Dennis Reynolds says the cost of making the birds plump enough for a feast is chicken feed — especially when supermarket meat can cost £1 per lb .
7 A wave of his gun made Owen reach desperately for the fiddle .
8 The message was clear : ‘ Let things cool off for a while . ’
9 ‘ I could ask him and Tim and you , and make my mum go out for the evening . ’
10 ‘ We will let the new legislation settle down for a year or so first , ’ he said .
11 Erm and er that it 's maybe very important at a time like this when children are potentially going and and knocking on stranger 's doors to be particularly careful so what we 've done is is is put together a simple guide for parents and carers erm which suggests that er they should n't just let their children go off for the evening .
12 For some reason he picked up on that word and let her cool statement go by for the moment .
13 But he did not need to do so ; and he could make men pay heavily for the privilege of the regrant , as James V certainly did .
14 When he came back shortly last year he was fast enough to get back to Ruel Fox and let Fox fall over for a penalty .
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