Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 2 | THE BBC was bracing itself yesterday for a Government onslaught over its election coverage , which many ministers believe was biased against the Conservatives . |
| 3 | ‘ How about letting me take you out for a pub lunch ? |
| 4 | She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects . |
| 5 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 6 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 7 | We have n't put him down for a nursery school- ! |
| 8 | The Thelma & Louise star , then a sales assistant , impressed a talent spotter who snapped her up for a stage role . |
| 9 | As this happened two weeks before Christmas , Sinitta hopes someone scooped him up for a Christmas gift . |
| 10 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 11 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 12 | This unusual system would give the scallop superb eyesight , were it not for a design fault . |
| 13 | We took it over for a Sunday night , hiring it , promoting the gig ourselves , pushing out a lot of handbills . |
| 14 | Inzamam-ul-Haq ducked into his first ball and took it around the shoulder , and while a helmet was being fetched , he tried to pull the next and merely splice it up for a return catch to Malcolm , who later disclosed that , being some way short of the top 100 fielders in the land , he could only murmur , ‘ Oh , my Lord , who 's going to take that catch ? ’ |
| 15 | If the new job is different in any way , an employee can try it out for a trial period of up to four weeks . |
| 16 | The shortage of labour forced the landowners to change their methods of exploiting their estates , most obviously in the abandonment of direct cultivation of the demesne by the lord 's paid men in favour of leasing it out for a cash rent . |
| 17 | Anyone out for a morning walk on the cliff path would have seen him , a single figure in a wilderness of sea and stone . |
| 18 | When he reached 120 matches in January , Gray had played more first-class games for Wellington than anyone else for a NZ province , in a career which began in 1975–76 . |
| 19 | If it 's hard to find time to think , take yourself off for a solo stroll or encourage a loved one to discuss and debate issues that affect you both . |
| 20 | You 're afraid to ask you landlord for a repair because if you do , are you setting yourself up for a rent increase ? |
| 21 | Our escorts , both dressed in blazers and boaters jumped on-board — and promptly steered us straight for a garden wall . |