Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On occasion there were more serious charges where preliminary hearings were held and the case either dismissed or passed on for trial at a higher court . |
| 2 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 3 | At the end of one particularly difficult morning surgery , she sat down for coffee with a long sigh of relief . |
| 4 | How to get the plan called in for consideration at a public inquiry , since there is every likelihood Dyfed County Council and possibly CCW would be prepared to negotiate a compromise , based on past performance . |
| 5 | WE still get cars in for service from the 1950 's and 1960's . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Some of these types who went in for murder as a professional thing would probably take you to the cleaners as soon as look at you . |
| 8 | But I come here to address you , in all humility , because I am very interested in the subject of your conference ; and with the vanity of an old man I would like to take part , not as an outsider addressing budding scientists — a bit of ‘ general studies ’ thrown in for relaxation between the serious business — but as a fellow enquirer into the workings of the brain . |
| 9 | Richart , who plotted to assassinate the king in a brothel , was a liberal army paymaster who was passed over for absorption into the civil service — the only career for superfluous officers . |
| 10 | A major offensive was launched on Aug. 22 in an attempt to relieve the siege , after the government had abandoned its earlier suggestion that it might evacuate the fort and turn it over for use by the International Red Cross . |
| 11 | He 'd had to break off for lack of an English verb that he remembered as soon as Bacci pronounced it . |
| 12 | Synners ' midfielder Barney Malone was sent off for retaliation in the second half . |
| 13 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 14 | You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time . |
| 15 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 16 | Twenty million written off for launch of the new distribution system . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But nothing will ever make up for Amar for the total loss of mother , father , entire family , house and everything . |
| 19 | Ruddy mortals , crouching and crawling around the under-carriage , they can look up for inspiration to the immaculate lives portrayed high on the walls of the workshop , to those models of determination and robust heroism familiar to all Soviet citizens : Riveters and Liberators , Welders and Flag-bearers , beaming Foundry-women with goggles thrown back on their brows like aviators from the Great Patriotic War . |
| 20 | HELP the Aged 's shops are warming up for winter with a special promotion of woollies , wellies and waterproofs . |
| 21 | Emily Lightbody had not turned up for work since the preceding Friday , a rare occurrence in all her thirty years of service . |
| 22 | He shook hands with scores of clerks , cooks and cleaners who had overcome feelings of revulsion and fear to turn up for work after the brutal and ghastly murder of their friend and colleague , who had been chained to a 1,000lb bomb . |
| 23 | Here are the Angerholme Pots , all lined up for inspection over a straight half-mile . |
| 24 | What an admission to make after 12 years of Conservative government that our economy is uniquely incapable of being signed up for participation in a single currency . |
| 25 | Otherwise there can be long delays while machines are sent away , or queue up for attention from the one person in the country who knows how they operate . |
| 26 | Much has been made of the contracts coming up for renewal with the main power generators in the United Kingdom — National Power and PowerGen . |
| 27 | A Whitehall spokesman said the investigation would be extremely thorough and a decision should be ready by the time Yousefi comes up for parole after a third of his sentence . |
| 28 | Most were not considered worth interviewing , but a shortlist was drawn up for interview at the Northern Foods flat in Clarges Street . |
| 29 | WIMBLEDON have put top players Warren Barton , Robbie Earle and John Scales up for auction in a desperate bid to raise £2 million by the New Year . |
| 30 | Bob Roberts was picked up for distribution by a major only after it was successfully screened in Cannes . |