Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 2 | Walesa was sworn in as President for a five-year term on Dec. 22 . |
| 3 | The Danes will not have to go along with plans for a single currency , or with plans for a common Euro-defence policy . |
| 4 | This , along with research for a new book which is ‘ under wraps at the moment ’ , will take him back to India for the next six months . |
| 5 | JOCELYN BROWN flies in from America for a one-off show for the Songwriters Network at London Subterania on May 6 . |
| 6 | Former Securitate chief Iulian Vlad , who was already serving a 3@1/2-year sentence handed down in March for a similar offence [ see p. 38108 ] , received a four-year sentence ( it was unclear whether the new sentence would run consecutively or concurrently ) . |
| 7 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 8 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 9 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 10 | He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium . |
| 11 | It 's like asking Gadhafi over to Washington for a cosy chat . ’ |
| 12 | Finding it quite difficult to get work but erm he was over at Christmas for a short time . |
| 13 | West Hartlepool increased their lead after 58 minutes when Mitchell , the alert and sprightly hooker , burst through at speed for a fine try , leaving the opposition flat-footed . |
| 14 | Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta . |
| 15 | If the correct position for changing the phase excitation pattern has been reached the phase is allowed to remain on , otherwise the phase is turned off in preparation for a subsequent trial . |
| 16 | DARLINGTON Sixth Form student Paul Walker is off to Japan for a two week all-expenses paid trip . |
| 17 | By 1673 , he thought that too many of his supporters were being exposed to danger by his presence so he went off to Ireland for a cooling-down period . |
| 18 | They might receive only one or two small gifts , or even none , or — worst of all — could find themselves carried off to Spain for a whole year ! |
| 19 | It seems they are then off to Birmingham for a Dire Straits concert . |
| 20 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 21 | Scott , who plays surf-mad Brad Willis , recently dashed off to Bali for a surfing holiday with his pals . |
| 22 | Salaries had never been comparable with others in the record industry ; the smaller , more agreeable , ‘ cottage industry ’ atmosphere of the company had always been held up as compensation for a parsimonious attitude to wages . |
| 23 | Day-trippers to Calais can load up with lager for a third of the price here . |
| 24 | Malone , the fourth quarterback to start a Steelers ' opener in as many seasons , hooked up with Lipps for a 33 yard completion to the Colts ' 18 yard line on the Steelers ' third offensive play . |
| 25 | The campaign to open membership of the British Association of Social Workers to non-qualified staff is being stepped up in preparation for a renewed debate on the issue at the association 's annual general meeting in Birmingham . |
| 26 | Hitachi Ltd has put a tiger team from its Network Products Group in Silicon Valley on developing local network-based multisystem electronic mail products , hoping to have them all gussied up in time for a third-quarter roll-out : Hitachi reckons that it 's on to a good thing because veca : International Data Corp predicts the worldwide market will be 77m users in 1996 ; Hitachi is expected to make a point of integration , management and directory synchronisation likely using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol . |
| 27 | Hitachi Ltd has put a tiger team from its Network Products Group in Silicon Valley on developing LAN-based multiplatform e-mail products hoping to have them all gussied up in time for a third-quarter rollout . |
| 28 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 29 | They say you 're as young as you feel and I 'm certainly not going to give up on life for a long time to come ! |
| 30 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |