Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After being admitted to hospital where she received treatment for breathing problems , she was said not to need any further treatment ( or was ‘ blocking a bed ’ which is not at all the same thing ) and discharged into a nursing home . |
| 2 | Fortunately , or unfortunately , that is easy work now : the iron horse speeds you along , you steam under the shades of Knockfarrel , which has on its summit a very fine vitrified fort ; past Strathpeffer Wells , Castle Leod , Lochs Garve and Luichart , through Strath Bran , till you reach Auchnasheen , where you change steam for horse-power , and get a little exercise in patience , waiting in the drizzling rain till the horses are rested , re-yoked , and ready for starting . |
| 3 | He did , however , attend Colchester General Hospital , where he received treatment for shock . |
| 4 | You said exactly that I quote word for word in November nineteen ninety and a week later what happened ? |
| 5 | To hear that you have cause for grief , I mean . |
| 6 | Coronation Street , half past seven till eight , Rumpole from nine to ten so you can come out between eight and nine and ten and ele le le le eight and nine and ten and eleven , so you got time for couple between eight and nine and a couple between ten and eleven , how 's that ? |
| 7 | Elean : So you see hope for change in the younger generation . |
| 8 | In Uzzell 's opinion , ‘ companies now want their investment in computers and telecommunications to relate to business volumes ’ as a way of ensuring that they get value for money . |
| 9 | It must also be right to have proper mechanisms in place to ensure that they get value for money . |
| 10 | How could two reputable scientists make such a claim and , even a year later , still insist that they had evidence for fusion when the credibility of important pieces of their ‘ evidence ’ had been destroyed ? |
| 11 | The Government regularly claim that they want value for money . |
| 12 | The approach used by Sheffield was particularly helpful , in that it established credibility for partnership at the highest level , with a supportive framework for development . |
| 13 | One is that it provides scope for corruption ; e.g. , in the placing of government purchases , the allocation of commodities in excess demand , and in regulatory activities . |
| 14 | It was said by his acquaintances in the pub that he gave value for money , but there was a touch of genius in the way he talked that night . |
| 15 | If only she could lose her puppy fat and get her hair done at a proper salon instead of having it cut by Ivy Tucker who lived down the road and who did hairdressing for pin money . |
| 16 | If you use electricity for heating water ( ie , with an immersion heater ) you should switch to Economy 7 . |
| 17 | My own favourite , putting price aside , was the Western Systems , but if you want value for money then the Phoenix is well worth a look . |
| 18 | The cylinder itself should be positioned on a flat rigid surface : if the floorboards in the airing cupboard are at all uneven or if you need space for access to pipes , it is a good idea to mount it on a small platform . |
| 19 | I was making the point that if we judge concern for safety by the money spent on it , then by any measurement or definition , it is a sad indictment of the official concern expressed in the 1980s . |
| 20 | He became assistant to the American J. H. Hammond and they undertook exploration for gold on the Witwatersrand and were associated with the mining ventures of Cecil Rhodes [ q.v. ] |
| 21 | He 's a good worker ; he puts his back into the job and he gives value for money . |
| 22 | She frowned , dark jealousy filling her soul , and said thickly , ‘ But you took Domino for lunch that day and — ’ |
| 23 | If your document is short you will not be able to stop it being printed unless you tap Esc for Escape very quickly |
| 24 | But it makes sense for society to have a single regulatory body that does the checking and a law whose enforcement entitles individuals to assume that drugs being sold have been checked out as safe . |
| 25 | It says it faces problems because it receives money for average rather than actual salaries . |
| 26 | This system has been implemented on several super-computers , since it provides scope for instruction overlapping ( described in 8.2 ) . |
| 27 | Both girls thought she was joking at first but when she recounted word for word the interview she had had with Moran they exploded into wild laughter . |
| 28 | As she returned kiss for kiss , sure of nothing but her need for him , she felt his hand free her hair where it clung to her hot damp skin , then glide lightly down . |
| 29 | ‘ It is now our number one venue when we make application for world events . |
| 30 | Cameron was thinking : Those upland folk who were at Kenmore this morning — they nearly all kept on towards Tummel when we forked north-west for Rannoch . |