Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 2 | Members of his court such as Diane de Beauveau Craon , her stepmother Laure and certain editors are invited to sit in at the studio for a preview . |
| 3 | However , many carers may not have a great deal of energy left over for campaigning , and may simply want to go along to the group for support , advice and a break from usual responsibilities . |
| 4 | Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went . |
| 5 | After a fortnight we were told to go down to the airfield for a possible lift into Assam , but often refugees went in the morning but were back in the evening as the planes were so busy taking out wounded soldiers . |
| 6 | Experience with rural advice in the north east area has shown that telephone advisers become skilled at solving basic problems over the phone and recognising those where the client needs to come in to a bureau for in-depth advice . |
| 7 | I I 've got a bill to come in from the electrician for his call-out charge he diagnosed that it 's was not an electrical fault and then thought it was an electrical fault by the noise , it was making a fizzing noise but he does n't th he said it 's , it 's the pump the pump is on the way out it needs replacing house is built in nineteen eighty five ! |
| 8 | It was tedious , but no longer alarming , and as she contrived most mornings to slip down to the shore for gulps of sea air , though she was careful now never to go beyond the rocks around the headland , she did not chafe at the confinement as once she had . |
| 9 | Before the Collector continued about his business , Dr McNab asked him to come over to the window for a moment . |
| 10 | Colleagues wept as they told how she planned to meet up with a friend for a two-week walking holiday . |
| 11 | It 's a contract which the community is well aware of as the brewer has invited local people to come up with a name for the new pub . |
| 12 | His brief was to come up with a recipe for a high-growth food with cost ( within reason ) no object . |
| 13 | He has n't got much time left to come up with a challenge for 1992 . |
| 14 | This obviously is n't going to come up as an issue for quite a long time , since transcribing this 'll be a long time . |
| 15 | Igglesden is still troubled by the groin strain which forced him to pull out of the squad for the first Test at Old Trafford while McCague was nursing a pulled hamstring . |
| 16 | There 's the erm er the value of the contract per year , there 's a first year you know it 's just the the co cost of the ad thirty percent that 's what the commission was worth and it 's nice to come out with a signature for a erm and this was a charity one so they got it slightly less , erm er and know that you 've just earned yourself that much . |
| 17 | Coleman 's job was to get out on the streets and talk to people , to come back with a feel for what the bombing had achieved . |
| 18 | I shall not sleep , she told herself , I must not sleep , and shivered in her nightdress on the edge of the single bed , afraid to reach up to the hook for her dressing gown . |
| 19 | Fortunately , one or two civil servants realise that the government could build up trouble if it allows a whole generation to grow up with a dislike for nuclear weapons . |
| 20 | And I could n't remember it was forty four and my mind went totally blank and I had to walk out of the exam for over half an hour with a and I could n't remember a thing and went back in . |
| 21 | He cleared his throat and continued to stare out of the window for a couple of moments longer . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , sir , ’ said Charlie , and sat shivering as he continued to stare out into the darkness for another forty minutes . |
| 23 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 24 | And the only thing I need to ask you about is that bloody great , bloody great memo , I 've said it so I 'll say it again it 's pinned up in my old tutor 's room what do you want me to put down on the document for the record of achievement on attendance ? |
| 25 | Although you have to put up with the pain for a shorter time , you may not have any real build-up to it — suddenly , strong contractions hit you — so it 's difficult to pace yourself and put into practice the breathing exercises you rehearsed so carefully at antenatal classes . |
| 26 | The recent taunts were against the ‘ quack doctors ’ , ‘ faint hearts ’ and ‘ moaning minnies ’ who allegedly wished to give up on the fight for low inflation and a stable currency . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't — I did n't want to go out of the station for a while . |
| 28 | It was armed with a Lewis gun on the back and carried a vast load of food , petrol , ammunition and other stores , enabling it to remain out in the desert for periods of up to three weeks . |
| 29 | Where possible give her some task to carry out during the outing for example , helping to find the items on a shopping list . |
| 30 | Galerie de la Scala fared so well with a mixture of French , North European and Italian drawings , priced at FFr 20,000–350,000 , not always by famous names but always in exquisite taste , that they had to go back to the gallery for more . |