Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 2 | In the same sale the top price of £11,700 was given for a twelve-piece Ring 's Pattern set of table cutlery in an oak canteen which was made in Sheffield in 1931 and £950 for a George IV coffee pot of panelled baluster form decorated with acanthus leaf motifs made in London in 1825 , probably by Joseph Angell . |
| 3 | Money and medical services can make a person 's life less miserable , but no amount of money can compensate for a crippled player 's loss of freedom . |
| 4 | Whatever the colour scheme , whatever the style , these pretty white duvet covers and pillowcases from Lace Lady will fit in like a dream — and make for a good night 's sleep . |
| 5 | Middlesbrough Council is hoping at qualify for a further year 's Government grant to finance champion coaching sessions for young sportspeople . |
| 6 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 7 | His eyes ran down the list , looking for a suitable saint 's name . |
| 8 | If you studied for a two-year teachers ' certificate at the University before the early 1980s , you qualify to join the Duannians . |
| 9 | Be prepared for a nostalgic evening 's music featuring many of the old favourites such as , ‘ Nobody 's Child ’ and ‘ Roamin' in the Gloamin' . ’ |
| 10 | Set in the scenic splendour of Flagstaff Gardens , the Welsh Mountain Zoo is one of Britain 's finest Zoos , offering all the facilities needed for a complete day 's family outing . |
| 11 | Where is the Wagon Train that seemed permanently to be circling its wagons waiting for a drunken pioneer 's wife to have twins in the last of them ? |
| 12 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 13 | At our interview at the Royal Overseas League she was about to leave for a pit-stop author 's tour , with an immensely heavy bag containing a laptop computer on which she fires off requests and thank-you letters : to American Secretary of State James Baker for his introduction to President Mobutu , to the King of Spain for agreeing to host a fundraising dinner for a chimp sanctuary in Spain . |
| 14 | The 5Os was a time when the hatred , fears and austerities of wartime Europe were still in recent collective memory , as were the two ounces of mildewy cheese that had to do for a whole week 's ration in those blackout , blitz and Mother Hubbard 's cupboard days of the previous decade . |
| 15 | Neurosurgeons have already operated on Michael , who worked for a local builders ' merchant , and a team of specialists are keeping a round-the-clock watch on his condition . |
| 16 | Shaftesbury Homes ' report was praised for a good treasurer 's report , accounts and cash flow statement . |
| 17 | He surprised me again by opting for a standard yob 's breakfast — egg , bacon and chips . |
| 18 | This would force some leading figures , like Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , to fight for a few minutes ' speaking time from the floor — or keep quiet . |
| 19 | £5 will plant five trees in a woodland project £10 will clean 25 yards of ditch to improve plant and insect life £20 will help guard an eagle 's nest for a day £50 will pay for a black-throated divers ' nesting platform £75 will buy an acre of unplanted Scottish moor £100 will build a new nest platform for another pair of ospreys £350 will buy an acre of damp lowland meadow where snipe and redshanks breed . |
| 20 | He was fighting for a young girl 's honour , and the honour of the police-force . |
| 21 | In January 214 ( 31% ) of them voted for a private member 's bill based on it ( which has little chance of becoming law ) . |
| 22 | I got another breakthrough , my typing teacher told me that the London County Council were advertising for a Medical superintendent 's Clerk at the Western Fever Hospital in Fulham SW6 . |
| 23 | He was so fed up that he put another penny to the one earned for a whole day 's labour and went to the pub where he drowned his sorrows in a pint . |
| 24 | one Friday , having done my weekend cleaning and baked a batch of bread during the day , I hoped for a good night 's rest , but I scarcely had retired before my labour began . |
| 25 | And , now , crumbling in decay , over laden with a desolate burden of humanity , the houses had the look of queuing for a great knacker 's yard , of eagerly embracing the extinction of their former grandeur , of offering themselves to ruin with an abandonment almost luxurious . |
| 26 | As we prepare for a new week 's challenges , may we too be contented , for the same reason as Paul , because our relationship with God is one of close fellowship ‘ in ’ Him . |
| 27 | On the one hand , the size of the guarantee which must be paid for a famous player 's name and , on the other , how much support the player would give to the company . |
| 28 | At weekends it makes for a good day 's outing to take the family for a picnic , after which they can gather as many strawberries as they want at the various fruit farms dotted around . |
| 29 | K. Peacock , of Belgrave Terrace , Hurworth Place , Darlington , remembers the whole class stood for a few minutes ' silence when told the news at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School . |
| 30 | A new paperback edition of Maeve Kelly 's first novel — an urgent , provocative story of a woman 's escape from the claustrophobia of provincial family life and her baptism of fire into the feminist movement , working for a battered women 's refuge . |