Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb base] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down the street opposite , Spring Avenue , and towards the car park , where I head for a silver Ford Granada , so that I can pause and hide a mo , to see how the pursuit is going . |
| 2 | Where you go for a pound . |
| 3 | The rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |
| 4 | Some older people are keen to live in sheltered accommodation where they hope for a combination of independence and security . |
| 5 | I mean either they opt for a family , or they opt for a job . |
| 6 | First , I believe that I speak for a number of my hon. Friends when I say that we want the Bill to reach the statute book , come what may , in view of the approaching general election , and I hope that it will be given a fair wind . |
| 7 | It 's also the fact that I know for a fact , I know for a fact that she 's very frightened of his temper when it happens . |
| 8 | Realizing what they represented , he added quickly , ‘ Not that I think for a moment that you … though , of course , ’ he floundered ever deeper , ‘ naturally , a man like , you , presentable and so forth , you probably have several … ’ |
| 9 | By now it has sold out , so I opt for a gin and tonic , at a price commensurate with a drink at the Ritz . |
| 10 | 11.01am : Pavement feels softer than usual , so I lie for a while before crawling to the ‘ Suck and Syphon ’ , Editor 's favourite pub . |
| 11 | The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart . |
| 12 | Wha what is it that you do for a living ? |
| 13 | Here , the icon that you specify for a program can come from a different program if you wish . |
| 14 | Then , assuming " phantom " chains , the change in free energy per chain as the end-to-end vector R changes to is Averaging over all chains and remembering that we have For a network of n chains per unit volume the change in free energy will be n times this . |
| 15 | Chairman I have an amendment to that motion , because , because I believe it 's important that we start to identify a lot of councils publish at the end of the year for public consumption a list of the allowances drawn by members , and I think that would be very useful and I would make , as an amendment , I would , would add to the proposal put by Mr that we call for a report to be pu er , to be presented to us of the amounts of allowances drawn by members , each member |
| 16 | We may accept lower terms than we want for a job or a project , and in undervaluing ourselves we become less powerful in the eyes of others . |
| 17 | Better by far to tackle equity withdrawal on big loans , where better-off house-buyers borrow £20,000 more than they need for a house-purchase , to buy that flashy car they have always wanted . |
| 18 | They have er thirty minutes each , er twenty minutes A at least ten minutes have to be given over to you for questions , so they speak for a maximum of twenty minutes . |
| 19 | At one stage she had suggested that he leave for a vacation and she stayed being , heading a Regency Council . |
| 20 | I doubt either can afford to stay at a hotel and I know for a fact that they 're not at any of the local hostels ; neither , I have been reliably informed , have they put in an appearance at the local ‘ hippie ’ compound . |
| 21 | And when I 've done a a spot on photograph for them , when somebody else is mentioning a photograph , you know , er to go up in the Town Hall or whatever , er they the local mayor has just had one done by one of the guys in the workshop , and I know for a fact I could do one that 's ten times better than that . |
| 22 | No , he calmly surveys them , holds his hands up for silence — and I know for a fact he ca n't speak a word of Japanese . ’ |
| 23 | She 's getting some money , and I know for a fact she getting it . |
| 24 | She asks me what I want , and I think for a bit . |
| 25 | There 's a telephone on the wall just by my table and I think for a bit about who I 'd like to phone . |
| 26 | My name is Bill and I work for a firm called Peter 's Windows , we manufacture and fit high quality conservatories , patio doors , double glazing and se security windows etcetera , is there anything in this line you 'll be do you think ? |
| 27 | ‘ Do you mind if I go for a swim ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If I pose for a photograph will you all go away and leave me to some peace and quiet ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ There are so many more cross-border deals today , and if you can speak German or French or Japanese and you go for a job against somebody who is equally qualified but only speaks English , you will get hired . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ How you suddenly remember something very vividly , ’ she said , ‘ and you think for a moment you 've really got hold of it . |