Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Barbara Craig as well as Daphne Park returned for the Gaudy for the years 1960–5 .
2 It was alright to come to your marriage , having been a bit of a one for the girls , but it was n't at all good to come to your marriage having been a bit of a one with the lads .
3 He was good enough to work like a black for the Tories , but would they offer him a seat ?
4 Of course , the only way out of his troubles would be to confess to someone that he was passing himself off as a Muslim for the purposes of financial gain .
5 Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 .
6 Leading dissident merchants , he was elected a director of the company in 1647 , gaining a majority for a ‘ free well-regulated trade ’ and an expansive policy including colonization , voyages to the Far East , incorporation of the West African trade , and compensation from the Dutch for the interlopers ( 1649–50 ) .
7 We realized that we needed a letting agent who would not only take the bookings but generally oversee the properties , plus a cleaner for the days on which they changed hands .
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