Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A CONVICTED mass murderer has , for the second time , bloodied the nose , metaphorically speaking , of Malcolm Rifkind , the Secretary of State for Scotland , by successfully pursuing a claim for damages . |
| 2 | The members simply have not the time at their disposal to take on the continuous pressure needed to effectively construct a platform for alternative or opposing views . |
| 3 | But as the search goes on to find a replacement for peat scientists are optimistic . |
| 4 | The secondment of one member of the English Department , and the appointment of another , was seen by the College as a solution to both problems , which had together created a need for lecturers formally qualified as specialists in the study of English Language . |
| 5 | Information books at home not only supply a resource for school topic work , they also help your child develop good study skills . |
| 6 | Andrew Lawrence , sales manager from Pest Control London South , obviously has a liking for water . |
| 7 | Prior to that it only has a potential for value . |
| 8 | Although Gumperz bases his analyses on transcriptions of actual conversation , his examples consisting of " illustrative brief exchanges , just long enough to provide a basis for context bound interpretation " ( 1982 : 75 ) show only the stretches of speech containing the code-switched utterances themselves , and omit specifications of pauses , laughter , other parties ' contributions which overlap with the current speakers " and other details which are considered potentially important by conversation analysts . |
| 9 | Wycliffe had no idea but surely not enough to provide a motive for murder . |
| 10 | It can not only focus a desire for action , but is also satisfyingly accurate in its local ‘ fine-tuning ’ . |
| 11 | We 're now sitting down to pick a squad for New Zealand where things will be different in so many respects . ’ |
| 12 | I better do a check for gas here . |
| 13 | Half a grapefruit or orange scraped out and put down forms a trap for slugs attacking young lettuce or rockery plants . |
| 14 | Their findings will now be put together to form a database for firms investing in the area , telling them about the people 's skills and abilities . |
| 15 | I am told you were recently criticised by a learned judge for wrongly sending a Romany for trial to the Assizes in Oxford ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd probably only develop a fetish for coprophagy . ’ |
| 17 | Had ICI focused earlier on shareholder value creation , he said , it would not have allowed a value gap to develop and so become a target for Hanson 's predatory schemes . |
| 18 | Clara had had the sense not to try to ask her mother about a possible purchase , as she could only too clearly imagine the responses to which such a request would expose her , and the abuse which would be cast upon those girls fortunate enough to have a use for party dresses . |
| 19 | If we only had a part for Dustin Hoffman , that would be terrific . ’ |
| 20 | Kennedy has long held a fascination for Jimi Hendrix , who died from a drugs overdose in 1970 . |
| 21 | Lybke 's workshop-gallery , opened in 1985 , soon became a refuge for artists in the former East Germany who were excluded from officially-approved art centres . |
| 22 | Politically , the Maccabean rebellion soon became a war for independence . |
| 23 | A keen sailor , he has just completed a course for yacht master offshore . |
| 24 | Richard has just received a cheque for £1000 as winner of the Student Award competition sponsored by Booker Fitch Food Services among students on the HCIMA Professional Diploma course . |
| 25 | ‘ I would not make a case for Pears to be better than Manchester United 's Peter Schmeichel , but there is no-one more consistent . |
| 26 | ‘ We do n't just want a reprieve for limestone but for other freight and for passenger services . |
| 27 | Like her elder sisters , Diana was on horseback at three and soon developed a passion for animals , the smaller the better . |
| 28 | The contract will normally include a date for completion . |
| 29 | The robot specialises in problematic " blister " packs , which normally pose a nightmare for recyclers because the blisters are composed of a different material from their backing , which can be made of cardboard or a different kind of plastic . |
| 30 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |