Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How about that for a Freudian slip ? ’ he murmured . |
| 2 | I imagine you 'll want to think about that for a little while . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ About that for an average spring — more if there 's wind behind it , a good deal less on the neaps . ’ |
| 4 | In the middle of the eighteenth century , the mortality rate for children under 5 in England and Wales has been estimated as seventy-five for every hundred births . |
| 5 | Another opportunity for individual teaching occurs when the learner acts as assistant for a clinical procedure . |
| 6 | Had been dreaming about this for a long time , he wrote . |
| 7 | The department 's going to hear about this for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | I know you 've thought about this for a long time , ’ he hissed , gripping her shoulders tightly to prevent movement . |
| 9 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |
| 10 | They 've known they 've known about this for a fair while . |
| 11 | How about this for a cheeky goal … skipper Chris Myers caught Town asleep with a quickly taken free kick … |
| 12 | After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’ |
| 13 | How about this for an abstract idea ! |
| 14 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 15 | I do think it is scandalous thing neglecting your educational system and you 're going to pay for this for a hundred years , because riches just come by learning , that 's all . |
| 16 | Someone tried to organise a concert party , and there was a great deal of enthusiasm for this for a short time . |
| 17 | I mean the street I lived once and er the police came to the party , it did get switched down a little bit , but er th the falling out after that for the next week , who rang the police and you |
| 18 | I ordered Andrew one , Andrew has been after one for a long time . |
| 19 | You had some access to the Berlin Philharmonic after 1939 for the occasional recording , despite Furtwängler 's jealousy , also the Berlin Staatskapelle , and occasional opportunities to work with , say , the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra . |
| 20 | Party chairman Chris Patten , the tragic hero of the hour , arrived shortly after 11.00 for a lengthy post-mortem . |
| 21 | The rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest slowed during 1991 for the third year running , according to satellite evidence . |
| 22 | Beck had a final round of 70 for a 12-under par total of 276 , but it was a tight finish , particularly when he bunkered his second shot behind the 18th green . |
| 23 | To accommodate the different types of housing required , the Committee recommended a range of densities : from 30 persons per acre for suburban development to 100 persons per acre for town centres , rising to a maximum of 120 for the largest cities . |
| 24 | It will be over a quarter of that for the entire EC , more than twice West Germany 's and equivalent to those of France , Belgium , Denmark , Luxembourg , Greece , Ireland and Portugal added together . |
| 25 | Labour disputes declined during 1990 ; the number of strikes was only 25 per cent of that for the previous year . |
| 26 | One can only speculate on the implications of that for the last years of life and , in particular , for the acceptance of tending roles . |
| 27 | We must look at this quest for beauty as a purpose more real and noble than the quest of the knights of old for the Holy Grail . |
| 28 | His 25 League goals in 1960–61 put him as runner-up to Johnny Byrne in that promotion season and he remains only behind Byrne 's figure of 30 for the highest number of strikes in a post-war League season of up to 46 games . |
| 29 | The current total , made up of 1,491 young men and 838 young women , is a drop of less than 1 percent from the figure of 2,348 for the previous month . |
| 30 | It costs thirteen shillings instead of twelve-and-six for the standard brands , so I 'm not giving it to heathens who spoil its flavour with ice . ’ |