Example sentences of "[verb] for a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just stopped for a look at the map , ’ Ivy told him . |
| 2 | I applied for a place at the Methodist Institution training college in London — and have heard I have been accepted . ’ |
| 3 | His confidence grew and he applied for a job at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford upon Avon . |
| 4 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 5 | Cannon , after a miss , hit and lay for a single at the fourth and then they stole two at the fifth where Muirhead just failed by a fraction with a raised take out . |
| 6 | It firstly boldly asked for a seat at the top table at the European Community : a suggestion rudely rebuffed . |
| 7 | Drescher has not the pervasiveness of Wedgwood 's image of the kneeling slave , first designed for a medallion at the time of the 1788 petition campaign but afterwards widely translated to other formats . |
| 8 | When I saw from the papers that Miss Ella Shields , the original Burlington Bertie from Bow , was to appear for a week at the Pantages Theatre on Hastings Street , I made it a point of seeing the show . |
| 9 | It 's not too late to apply for details of this and other screenings , so if you would like to be considered for a place at the Academy , then please write |
| 10 | She flicked through swiftly , hunting for a comb at the same time . |
| 11 | The eyes smouldered for a moment at the impertinence , then he seemed to see the funny side and chuckled hoarsely . |
| 12 | Continue the walk as normal , pausing for a time at the spot and call the dog back to you , rather than trying to pursue it . |
| 13 | As she watched , a small car drove slowly past and made for a cottage at the far end and on the other side of the narrow track . |
| 14 | Brenda is looking for a computer at the moment . |
| 15 | This kind of assessment may be difficult if you are looking for a photographer at the other end of the country . |
| 16 | There had been no point in looking for a towel at the squat , but I knew Seymour Place baths hired them out . |
| 17 | David Mellor is besieged by a press posse as he arrives for a showdown at The Last Chance Saloon last night Picture : KEN LENNOX |
| 18 | It has even been mistakenly argued that at some point during the 1320s he fled to Paris and studied for a while at the Sorbonne . |
| 19 | Dinner guest : Tuesday night saw the annual dinner of the area British Legion Club with members meeting for a meal at the Stanwick Arms . |
| 20 | As British title holder as well as winner of the British Supercup , Whitham has the ball at his toe you might say and he should be heading for a tilt at the world championships next year . |
| 21 | For house physician John Bery , the day begins at Cheltenham General Hospital when he puts on a pedometer.He 's one of a group of doctors who 've been helping in a survey of the distances covered while on duty.Soon Dr Bery is heading for a ward at the opposite end of the hospital.It 's the first of many long walks along the corridors during the day.The problem at Cheltenham general is identical to many other hospitals … where an old Victorian block has been extended with newer buildings forcing doctors to travel great distances from department to department . |
| 22 | A UN convoy , due to set out yesterday from Belgrade for the Muslim-held town of Gorazde , was postponed for a day at the request of the Serbs . |
| 23 | Let us look for a moment at the ozone shield . |
| 24 | Coming to Old Gang Smelting Mills we stopped to look for a while at the most complete collection of buildings still standing in the mining field , although comparing them now with photographs taken in the 1930s it 's obvious that they 're slowly falling apart . |
| 25 | Since this practice is not yet by any means universal , and the player may not have come across it before , a note of explanation should be given at the beginning of the part , otherwise the asterisk will cause the player to look for a footnote at the bottom of the page . |
| 26 | It is a sad fact that these ponies have to be born at all , but hundreds are , every year , bred on our moorlands and then rounded up during autumn to be sold for a pittance at the sale . |
| 27 | She sent them sweets sometimes , and several pairs of red socks she had knitted while she was waiting for a call at the ambulance station , and a photograph of herself in her uniform with a tin hat on . |
| 28 | Ptr. , 1960 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 3 , where the executor of a deceased licence holder to whom the licence had been transferred failed , through inadvertence , not only to apply for a renewal at the next half-yearly meeting , but also to request a licensing court to deal with the matter at an adjourned meeting . |
| 29 | At a cost of $6 million ( £3.3 million ) Japanese architect Arata Isozaki is completing the conversion which retains original details such as the building 's cast-iron columns but introduces exciting new features including a pair of grand steel staircases leading to the first floor , a sharply angled flight of stairs linking to a cafeteria in the basement ( this feature will be completed only after the museum closes for a month at the end of August ) , and panels of etched glass which create a soft filter for natural light . |
| 30 | Her dog sniffed for a moment at the ankle of the young man who worked at the engine of his car . |