Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [adj] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never use wicker chairs to stand on for odd jobs around the house . |
| 2 | But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies . |
| 3 | And then you just put the numbers in for different hours into the equation into the formula that tells you how far he 's gone , work it out . |
| 4 | There was a ‘ Refuge Rota ’ pinned by the house telephone , with six different names filled in for different times in the week . |
| 5 | I took myself off for long walks along the shore and into the hills every morning and did not return to Les Glycines until noon , when the three of us would drive in Otto 's traction avant to one of his favourite places for seafood . |
| 6 | ‘ She was going off for short stays at the Home , and then every weekend to give me a break . |
| 7 | IF you want to get in trim for summer and raise money for a good cause , sign up for sponsored aerobics at the Dolphin Centre later this month . |
| 8 | Proposals by the neighbouring countries for the establishment of so-called safe havens ( similar to those set up for Kurdish civilians after the Gulf war ) were not taken up either , largely because they required the deployment of ground troops , for which there was no consensus . |
| 9 | Reading right-wing papers also made people more inclined to believe the Conservative Party had convincing policies and was likely to keep its promises , that Kinnock was neither decisive , nor trustworthy , nor a good leader of a team , and especially that he could not be relied upon to stand up for British interests against the USSR . |
| 10 | This refers to concentrating on and looking out for specific details in the world around you . |
| 11 | Once you have selected a possible field , move towards it , checking its size , slope and colour , and look out for possible wires on the approach . |
| 12 | Jacob , increasingly since he commenced going to university , might be missing for the rest of the day ; Joshua , particularly in the summer , would go out for long walks in the country , following , he said , the course of some meshuggeneh game in which young men threw an iron ball along the road and ran after it — could there be such a game ? |
| 13 | Some comparisons of the seasons can be included here and sunny or shady parts of the garden sorted out for various times of the day . |
| 14 | Most cows are kept in small sheds on terraced land and are taken out for weekly walks on the end of a rope . |
| 15 | They should be encouraged to be out for short walks from the second week after they arrive home . |
| 16 | Of the half million tests carried out for regulatory purposes in the year up to June 30 , 1989 , we are pleased to report that 998 out of 1,000 met the strict specifications of the European Community Directive . |
| 17 | Not everyone unfortunately has children so you may have to cast around for other members of the family . |