Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 2 | At one point he had to slow down for a distance of several miles . |
| 3 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
| 4 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 5 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
| 6 | In his second defence of the title , against the man he had beaten to win it in June , Wharton 's awesome blows cut Carr above his left eye and then had him down for a count of eight and unable to defend himself when he regained his feet . |
| 7 | But in that 11th , Benn was the Dark Destroyer of old , first knocking Piper down for a count of eight with three big rights and a sweet left hook and then punching him all round the ring — blood spurting from Piper 's mouth with every blow — until referee Larry O'Connell mercifully stopped it . |
| 8 | Referee Larry Thompson stepped in to save the Hull fighter from further punishment after a sustained assault from Hardy after he had put his man down for a count of eight early in the round . |
| 9 | A left-hook hurt Ekubia in the sixth round , and then another put him down for a count of nine . |
| 10 | Sanchez laughed on an indrawn breath , and held the laugh down for a count of three . |
| 11 | The findings indicated that , on average , computer systems crash nine times per year , per company , and that those systems stay down for an average of four hours . |
| 12 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |
| 13 | Malcolm Edwards , British Coal 's commercial director , told an electricity conference in London that the corporation was prepared to enter supply deals lasting eight years — the same period set down for the bulk of initial contracts between privatised electricity generators and distribution companies . |
| 14 | ‘ If the way you treat me is anything to go by , she 's in for a life of sheer hell ! ’ she bit out . |
| 15 | Or you do n't want a GUI at all ( in which case , you may be in for a shock by this time next year ! ) |
| 16 | The cloth for their suits was cord ( corduroy ) , as I 've told you ; but sometimes they went in for a suit of heavy tweed — staple tweed it was called ; and at that time they made it as hard as a board . |
| 17 | ‘ So why does n't Nicky Kai come in for a share of all this moral condemnation , since you know that Florian is still legally married ? ’ |
| 18 | Nikau 's clever pass sent Simon Middleton in for a try after 24 minutes and Lee Crooks increased the lead with a 30-yard penalty goal . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk , North ( Mr. Howell ) spoke recently on the radio about his idea of paying , say , £100 a week to people joining a community task force , enabling them to obtain work experience and contribute to society , which does not simply mean filling in holes in the road but involves going in for a range of useful activities , from working on environmental improvements to caring for the vulnerable in society . |
| 20 | WHILE SNES players are in for a treat with Super Mario Kart , sadly the same can not be said for NES owners , with their Christmas Mario offering , Mario and Yoshi — a game which takes the form of a puzzle startlingly similar to the classic Tetris . |
| 21 | PREMIER John Major dropped in for a chat with British troops in the Bosnian front line yesterday . |
| 22 | PREMIER John Major dropped in for a chat with British troops in the Bosnian front line yesterday . |
| 23 | They 'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs , cans of luncheon meat , and tea . |
| 24 | The price of oil would probably rise to more than $50 a barrel and dig in for a stay of some months . |
| 25 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
| 26 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 27 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 28 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 29 | You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides . |
| 30 | Design a chart the parents can fill in for a period of one week . |