Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're er , obviously gathering information for a big push then |
| 2 | The programme had changed : a collie dog was now gambolling about , apparently seeking aid for a distressed shepherd . |
| 3 | erm , as long as , cos they can only claim benefit for a certain length of time ca n't they ? , then it switches from unemployment to Social Security . |
| 4 | The celebration of feasts such as Easter , Christmas , Whitsuntide , Rogationtide , and the Harvest Thanksgiving gave the local community a much needed opportunity for a collective expression of its religious values . |
| 5 | In effect , therefore , the collectorship of supply became a gauge of party strength in a county , and unlike the parliamentary elections , the election of a friend only provided security for a single year . |
| 6 | I believe again that our members will support the call and in so doing call for a general election to dismiss this totally incompetent government ! |
| 7 | The catalogue of offences regarded as serious enough to merit dismissal for a single occurrence is sometimes lengthy . |
| 8 | ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’ |
| 9 | GREEN demonstrators wept yesterday as trees were torn down to make way for a giant Tesco 's . |
| 10 | In this instance , for example : The corner shop is to be closed and knocked down to make way for a multi-storey car-park . |
| 11 | The County Council also accepted as part of this oral approach that there was a need for an alteration to the structure plan , because the approved structure plan did not make provision for a new settlement as an element of approved North Yorkshire strategic policy , and we 've progressed that erm alteration through to the examination er in public er today . |
| 12 | We agree with Anna Brake and Walter Krause that our study does not provide evidence for a continuing decrease in mean sperm concentration . |
| 13 | It should be pointed out , however , that the results of the Forster and Olbrei experiment do not provide evidence for a constant effect of syntactic analysis since a correlation coefficient of.65 accounts for less than 40 per cent of the variance in processing times . |
| 14 | Just as you learn you learn your basic modes of essay writing in essays that I 'm not going mark for A Level exams , okay , erm , but there is another way . |
| 15 | We do not have space for a full description of all the experimental techniques used in obtaining the results discussed in this book . |
| 16 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |
| 17 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
| 18 | They replaced the roses in the paved garden with low carpeting plants , and the bowling green was swept away to make room for a peaceful enclosure with a pool , a statue , stone benches and a weeping pear . |
| 19 | I am convinced that what is needed in initial teacher education is not just to instil respect for a particular form of academic learning . |
| 20 | Boyd 's cross was taken on the volley by Ferguson as he deliberately launched himself backwards to make room for a full-blooded shot . |
| 21 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 22 | I often think of you , for example as at a recent and deeply moving funeral for a long-standing friend who had died of AIDS , when I sat inside the church literally underneath/beside your sculpture , but I am an increasingly bad correspondent , possibly as a result of so many letters re jobs ! |
| 23 | You could always try advertising for a regular babysitter — at health clinics , shop windows , in the paper , and so on . |
| 24 | Despite juggling a high-powered job as principal of Prue Leith 's cookery school with the demands of being a mother-of-four and the wife of Citizens ' Charter Minister William Waldegrave , Caroline still finds time for a traditional Christmas . |
| 25 | The sweet trolley arrived , and he was dismayed to see she still had appetite for a generous wedge of Black Forest Gâteau . |
| 26 | Indeed , reports showing a reduction , or even disappearance of the asthma with surgical repair or medical management of the reflux have further strengthened support for a GOR-asthma association . |
| 27 | They stood aside to make way for a blind Indian youth in a parka who was confidently striding down the way with his cane held out before him . |
| 28 | Gabriel could always find time for a little flirtation . |
| 29 | Mr Parkinson also announced approval for a new £200m air traffic control centre to be built by the Civil Aviation Authority by the early 1990s . |
| 30 | Thirdly , the archive also contains information for a large number of commodities at Canterbury not previously published as well as material on wages and building costs for the period 1600-1774 . |