Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] [noun sg] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 2 | The reader will not , however , begrudge the author 's serendipity which , especially at election time , succeeded in extracting for him the following from Smollett 's Humphrey Clinker ( 1771 ) : I know nothing so abject as the behaviour of a man canvassing for a seat in Parliament . |
| 3 | When he least needed a vote of no confidence , Leighton was sensationally dropped from Manchester United 's 1990 Cup Final replay team and punished for a slump in form during a suspect season in front of a United defence that bordered on the arthritic . |
| 4 | Even though they were against the wind , Colleges made the better start and after Thomson had missed two penalties and John Mackenzie had had a ‘ try ’ disallowed for a foot in touch ( signalled by the Colleges touch judge Bert Barclay ) the home side went 10-0 up . |
| 5 | The details of the case were outlined by prosecuting solicitor , Huw Evans , who applied for a remand in custody until next Monday . |
| 6 | I would n't like to go for a week in silence . |
| 7 | It 's a lazy Saturday and I decide to go for a walk in Cwm Idwal . |
| 8 | Lightbown argues on the basis of all the published evidence that Piero 's National Gallery ‘ Baptism of Christ ’ was painted for the Pieve in Sansepolcro ( which was the only church in the town where baptisms were performed before 1520 ) and not the Priory of San Giovanni Battista d'Afra as most , including Bertelli , believe . |
| 9 | In October parliament approved a revision of the 1990 budget , allowing for an increase in income from $252,000,000 to $285,000,000 and in expenditure from $300,000,000 to $347,000,000 . |
| 10 | Hand will play three-times former champion Jeremy Bates or qualifier Mike Wyeth for a place in Sunday 's final . |
| 11 | From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet . |
| 12 | Around 30 members of the clergy and laity gathered for the meeting in Cheltenham . |
| 13 | Ferry traffic was halted for a week in December because of fears that refugees might hijack the vessel to the United States . |
| 14 | It may be easier to plan for the future in stages and to adapt to one change at a time . |
| 15 | The idea was to plan for an increase in Berlin 's population to 1.5 million . |
| 16 | You will have to apply para 41 if you are to equity account for the associate in accordance with standard practice . |
| 17 | The raising of the compulsory school-leaving age , first to 15 and then to 16 , and the expansion of further education account for the growth in education . |
| 18 | In the famous Middletown studies made by Robert and Helen Lynd the Lynds lived for a time in Muncie , Indiana , but were always known to be researchers . |
| 19 | ‘ We lived for a time in Washington DC , ’ she said slowly . |
| 20 | A contemporary of Gundulić was Junije Palmotić ( 1606–57 ) , a Ragusan noble who lived for a time in Bosnia , and who drew upon the Slav folk tales as well as on contemporary Italian and ancient classical traditions for the abundant outpouring of songs , satires , verse epics and dramas which he composed . |
| 21 | We asked for a lament in verse or a prose epitaph for Punch |
| 22 | JOHN Z. DeLOREAN , facing drug charges in the US following the collapse of his Northern Ireland sports-car firm , this week asked for a reduction in bail because he is short of money . |
| 23 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 24 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 25 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 26 | Both relate to the social environment of the person with an established schizophrenic illness : while he is being treated for the disorder in hospital , and after he has been discharged into the community . |
| 27 | Shortly afterwards they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef where they cruised for a year in search of a dream . |
| 28 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 29 | Building societies face the threat of a further slowdown in their mortgage sales as pressure intensifies for an increase in base rates , and therefore mortgage rates . |
| 30 | WORK EXPERIENCE with Harwell photographer Graham Fletcher has encouraged Henley College student Matthew Best , to try for a career in media photography . |