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 | 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 . |
| 4 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 5 | • MORE than £1,000 in prizes is up for grabs in the British All-comers Championships at Tynemouth this Sunday , February 17 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | At the other end , Durnin missed out for Oxford in the dying minutes , but it was new Sunderland player manager Terry Butcher 's night . |
| 8 | It was cold and windy and yet we were often called out for help in the spasmodic raids on South Kensington and Chelsea . |
| 9 | Consultancy work in engineering geology Engineering geological consultancy work continues to be carried out for clients in the private and public sectors . |