Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [noun] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a lot of French-Canadian soldiers stationed in the area , together with British and Americans , and a weekly film show was put on for all-comers in the Methodist chapel on Saturday nights . |
| 2 | Nigel Lawson 's tax cuts will , it seems , be defended to the last ( though the International Monetary Fund is reportedly applying pressure in that regard ) and the search is on for cutbacks in the social side of public spending . |
| 3 | Half time — Malone 0 Greystones 8 Adrian Bush came on for Willis in the second half and made an immediate impact with a 40 second minute penalty and then a splendid forty metre touch clearance . |
| 4 | The force has come in for criticism in the past two months after figures released on the constabulary 's ‘ crime-free day ’ in April showed Cheshire had suffered the highest rise in crime in the country . |
| 5 | By the time Bernei went over for London in the 69th minute , Sheffield had accumulated a massive 32–0 lead . |
| 6 | Synners ' midfielder Barney Malone was sent off for retaliation in the second half . |
| 7 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 8 | This is the first of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki 's films to open here , but not the last : two more are lining up for release in the next six months . |
| 9 | • MORE than £1,000 in prizes is up for grabs in the British All-comers Championships at Tynemouth this Sunday , February 17 . |
| 10 | They still did n't want both openers out for ducks in the first two overs , nor Jones to follow for 5 . |
| 11 | ‘ A night out with John Minton , ’ Lehmann recorded in his diary in October 1951 , ‘ for which he arrived with a bunch of carnations in the wildest , gayest form , having been on a jag for three nights — and continued it that night in spite of my attempts at restraint ( which were spoiled by laughing all the time ) , flinging his arms about , shouting shrilly with highly risqué asseverations at the White Tower ( at which Tennessee [ Williams ] appeared for a hallucinatory moment ) , becoming embarrassingly affectionate and enthusiastic about me , and pouring money out for champagne in the Caribbean and another unidentified night club . ’ |
| 12 | At the other end , Durnin missed out for Oxford in the dying minutes , but it was new Sunderland player manager Terry Butcher 's night . |
| 13 | It was cold and windy and yet we were often called out for help in the spasmodic raids on South Kensington and Chelsea . |
| 14 | They had hesitated too long and were regarded with suspicion by those British officials who might have helped them but thought , perhaps , that two people who deliberately set out for Berlin in the last week of August 1939 deserved all that they got . |
| 15 | Consultancy work in engineering geology Engineering geological consultancy work continues to be carried out for clients in the private and public sectors . |
| 16 | Vinny Samways pulled one back for Spurs in the sixty second minute , Paul Allen 's goal on eighty three minutes was n't enough to rescue a point . |