Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was beginning to look ominous for the Light Blues , as the final bend favoured Oxford . |
| 2 | Well we have n't got to go long for the shortest day . |
| 3 | The preference for the parent-child relationship as a source of routine moral and emotional support seems to hold good for the white majority , but perhaps less so for people with different ethnic cultural backgrounds . |
| 4 | Having already paid for my return ticket I was cross at having to buy another one , and even more upset at having to pay extra for the one-way ticket and convert sterling at an unfavourable rate . |
| 5 | He began running at the end of 91/92 season to get fit for the next season and things snowballed from there . |
| 6 | We were once sent a polo pony to get fit for the coming polo season who was terrified of his mouth . |
| 7 | ‘ We were once sent a polo pony to get fit for the coming polo season who was terrified of his mouth . |
| 8 | Palmerston replied that he was glad to have the assurance of ‘ trained men of science and judgement ’ , and although he felt that Gothic might be suitable in the country , he was determined to have Italian for the present purpose . |
| 9 | Transfixed by what they saw in America , airlines elsewhere expanded to get ready for the increased competition expected in their own skies . |
| 10 | Now we have to get ready for the New Year . |
| 11 | That 's the trouble with though she did n't stop every time to get ready for the next scene . |
| 12 | Soon it 's time for the cyclists to get ready for the next stage of their 1,500 mile journey . |
| 13 | She was n't likely to become enchanted for the second time this evening — her common sense would see to that . |
| 14 | Organisers tried to make good for the last minute defection of many major galleries , including the leading Paris furniture specialists , with provincial French replacements , and the quality of goods was often far from top rate . |
| 15 | The intelligentsia came to feel responsible for the Russian economy . |