Example sentences of "this for [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 2 | Had been dreaming about this for a long time , he wrote . |
| 3 | It must be like this for a minister paying his visits . |
| 4 | They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world . |
| 5 | He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed . |
| 6 | It already seems obvious that Mr Kinnock will be the earliest beneficiary , and this for a simple reason . |
| 7 | He considered this for a short time and concluded that he had to make a public stand for those things which he believed . |
| 8 | It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels . |
| 9 | And how 's all this for a tangent ? |
| 10 | She thought about this for a moment or two and then said : ‘ I see no harm in that . |
| 11 | Just consider this for a moment . |
| 12 | Just consider this for a moment . |
| 13 | Dr. Ira Progoff of Dialogue House , New York , has developed a comprehensive system of journalling and others have adapted this for a ‘ spiritual journal ’ . |
| 14 | Do this for a few days ( see figure 4 ) . |
| 15 | Again , we have paid lip-service to this for a long time , but it has not been an easy ideal to achieve . |
| 16 | In one shot I 'm the only person not smiling , I was thinking ‘ sod this for a bloody laugh ! ' |
| 17 | Someone tried to organise a concert party , and there was a great deal of enthusiasm for this for a short time . |
| 18 | One proposal is to take a 2-kg piece of tellurium and leave this for a year ; tellurium is chosen because it transmutes into xenon , which is unreactive and relatively easy to detect . |
| 19 | Continue this for a week or two , and compare the two records to see if there are any likely suspects . |
| 20 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |
| 21 | The man considered this for a moment before replying . |
| 22 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 23 | After playing this for a while , I reckon the original mark ( 38% , Issue 73 ) was a mite generous for a game that does n't rely on skill in the slightest — you just need to memorise the entry and exit points of the Gremlins and use the same movements , screen after screen with no variation . |
| 24 | Then place a nearly-full pack of cards out on a table or , if you are performing this for a number of children , on a board with the cards lightly attached to it with scotch tape . |
| 25 | Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had . |
| 26 | This for a population of 627 in North Newbald , and 172 in South Newbald . |
| 27 | Jonadab digested this for a moment . |
| 28 | Well , how about this for a scenario : twenty years of solid touring and recording for major names ; a niche in the elite ‘ who 's who ’ of session guitarists on both sides of the Atlantic ; featured on television three times a week backing major artists live on a very hip chat show ; going straight into production for another live prime-time show on Saturday nights ; and work with Tom Jones , Al Jarreau , Stevie Wonder , Mica Paris , Cindi Lauper , Bob Geldof and Curtis Stigers , to name but a few . |
| 29 | At this point he said , quite rightly , ‘ Sod this for a lark ! ’ and is now planning to have a batch of tensile steel rods made up by a colleague who owns an engineering firm . |
| 30 | I puzzled over this for a week or so , before a second whisper clarified the message . |