Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does high-impact classes 2-4 times a month , dabbles in Callanetics and swam once a week for a month . |
| 2 | He stood , and with a great sweep of his hand , bowed , said ‘ servus ’ , and drew out a chair for his lady guest . |
| 3 | We were a little disappointed — or at least I was — with David because he was n't in a dress and he was n't nearly as crazy as we thought he would be , but nevertheless , we liked his music a lot and he introduced us from the audience and Cherry Vanilla stood up and popped out a tit for the other 20 people , and David said that we were doing Pork . |
| 4 | O'Connor was in his shirt-sleeves ; he rapidly assumed his jacket and pulled out a chair for her , first wiping it with a none too clean handkerchief . |
| 5 | Sophie welcomed her warmly and pulled out a chair for the plastered leg to stretch out on , and soon they were joined by Helen . |
| 6 | At yesterday 's launch of Brook 's Impressions de Pelleas , his reworking of Debussy 's opera , Robert Palmer , Glasgow 's director of performing arts , introduced Brook as ‘ one who had brought to the Tramway the hallmark of excellence and established there a benchmark for others ’ achievement . ’ |
| 7 | I have the Machine Knitting Stitches book and punched out a card for ‘ lace carriages that transfer and knit ’ ( No 1x23 , page 84 ) . |
| 8 | With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods . |
| 9 | As soon as the Shivah days of deep mourning were over , Mrs Neumann converted her small front parlour into a shop selling basic foodstuffs and domestic items and set up a camp-bed for herself in a corner of the kitchen by the range so as to rent out the two attic rooms to lodgers . |
| 10 | That those responsible for the choice of music in our churches take account of the varying tastes and preferences of their congregations and set up a system for congregational feedback ( 526–527 ) . |
| 11 | The Warnock Report ( 1978 ) put under-fives high on the educational agenda and set out a blueprint for assessment of needs ; notification by one statutory service to others ( in particular an obligation on DHAs to notify to LEAs , cf 1981 Education Act , Section 10 ) ; liaison between services and with parents ; key personnel ( e.g. its recommendations for ‘ named person ’ ) . |
| 12 | In it they state their belief in motivation through the design of work and set out a model for good job design which is reproduced in Figure 3.1 . |
| 13 | The first step will come next week when Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , uses the Conservative Party conference at Blackpool to reaffirm his commitment to changing the NHS and set out a justification for the forthcoming legislation . |
| 14 | He smiled at her , told her to sit herself down , and held out a hand for Undry . |