Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 2 | Can you imitate an academic ? — like not washing or changing your shirt for the next few days … ? ’ |
| 3 | If you prefer to select your own meals , rather than follow our suggestion for the day , you will find selections of breakfasts , salads and snacks to choose from , with precise calorie values for each , on pages 99–100 , and main meal recipes at the end of Stage I and each week of Stage II . |
| 4 | We did not miss your father , ’ she said in a hard voice that betrayed her contempt for the man . |
| 5 | The offer of £1 , from Gold Cup sponsors TNT for the first side to score goals in the competition must have been tempting to the Reds , who more than doubled their tally for the season to date on Friday . |
| 6 | What remains For MacDonald and Wimpey , of course , is patenting their process and cloning their hybrid for the purpose of franchising . |
| 7 | THE SCOTTISH Milk Marketing Board has bowed to pressure and withdrawn its bid for the Co-op 's Scottish milk business . |
| 8 | Wexford closed the books and emptied his tankard for the third time . |
| 9 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 10 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 11 | When we arrived half an hour later , all the canoes were unloaded from the trailer and we were all kitted-out with a helmet and life-jacket and given our canoe for the day . |
| 12 | So get phoning and voice your vote for the Scouseology superstars . |
| 13 | He was impressive in his Premier League debut against Nottingham Forest and retained his place for the 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 14 | Michael Dods replaced Appleson and retained his place for the plate match with New Zealand , for which , happily , there was some cloud cover from the blazing sun . |
| 15 | Bob Hodson phones the Wilton sales office on a Thursday and places his order for the following week . |
| 16 | She saw her tutor 's enquiring look and dismissed her benefactor for the moment . |
| 17 | A program allows one to frequently modify the hypertext database and test its consequences for the linear form . |
| 18 | On his way to the restaurant he passed a man and a woman arm in arm , a man walking purposefully , as if late for an appointment , a woman standing next to her car and searching her bag for the key . |
| 19 | It will provide an opportunity for us to explain and present our plans for the development of the community health service as an NHS Trust . ’ |
| 20 | Let us consider here just the relationship between the focusing and reasoning components in a system of this general type , and restrict our attention for the moment to the case of one pronoun in a sentence in the absence of any non-anaphoric ambiguity . |
| 21 | Diana , for her part , thought she would become a wife and mother ; but , with all the servants and secretaries who surrounded the Prince , including a valet who selected and prepared his clothes for the day , packed for him and even did his personal shopping , she felt superfluous , and just a little jealous . |
| 22 | Your sincerely PS Join us today : just fill in the application form in the enclosed leaflet — there 's FREEPOST so you do n't need a stamp — and show your support for the countryside . |
| 23 | The Expenditure Committee returned to this field in 1978 , and reiterated their recommendations for the appointment of planning assessors and for a review of the planning system . |
| 24 | This research will analyse this process of reconstruction and consider its implications for the continued use of scientific evidence within the criminal justice system . |
| 25 | It was no secret that Michael Foot — believing that he had a duty to the late Dick Crossman to procure the publication of the diaries — was courageously prepared to accept this risk and to bare his breast for the dagger . |
| 26 | He rose choreographically and refilled his cup for the third time . |
| 27 | In what must rank as one of the most ingenious ruses in the history of Hampden Babylon , Patsy Gallacher struck up a relationship with the hotel chambermaid and borrowed her clothes for the night . |
| 28 | discuss the proposed change with the New OED Project Director and obtain his approval for the change |
| 29 | Each quarterly presentation is allocated half a day ; Iveco 's directors explain the results for the previous quarter and give their projections for the rest of the year . |
| 30 | He undid her nightgown and admired her body for the first time . |