Example sentences of "[pron] for an [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail .
2 ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’
3 The other connection that you might want to make to the rising main is one for an instantaneous gas water heater or electric shower , which need mains pressure , or one of the devices which alter the quality of the water — a softener , conditioner or filter , say .
4 Instead Barclays asked him for an extra £15 commission on his traveller 's cheques .
5 Until Vic and Robyn 's lives coincide , when she goes to ‘ shadow ’ him for an improbable Industry Year project , the viewer needs as much information as possible .
6 But now they 're filming it for an appreciative video audience
7 Would my right honourable friend confirm that the former director of G C H Q , Sir Brian Tovey , stated that during the imposition of martial law in Warsaw and during the Soviet anva invasion of Afghanistan some ten thousand hours of cover were lost at G C H Q. And will he not confirm that is a perfectly good reason for the ban on external er interference by trade unions in the activities of G C H Q and will he also assure the house that the existing trade assoc the staff association works perfectly well and there is no reason whatever for an external trade union to interfere in G C H Q's affairs .
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