Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sophia 's decision to pay for a private nurse was a super gesture . |
| 2 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 3 | The UK government has since tried to use Acheson 's opinion to argue for an upwards revision of the 50 mg/litre limit . |
| 4 | The IMF announced on May 21 that it had agreed to the government 's request to extend for an additional year its current three-year extended arrangement granted in 1989 . |
| 5 | One example of this is that the CEGB 's engineering costs for a new coal plant are expected to be 16 per cent higher than for the completion of the coal-fired Drax power station while for a new AGR it expects engineering costs to be 20 per cent lower than for the Heysham II prototype . |
| 6 | The sonnets may announce a compatibility between poetic convention and authentic expression ; or the sonnets may be the result of Astrophil staying within the muse 's domain , writing in imitation of familiar poetic norms and abandoning the muse 's advice to look for an authentic writing from the heart . |
| 7 | Conversely , a man 's wish to care for an elderly relative might conflict with the expectation that he should go out to work . |
| 8 | in a recent sale Rod Stewart 's Lamborghini went for a mere sixty one thousand pounds , less than half what he paid for it . |
| 9 | Jack and Miguel got their pars and it was Harley 's turn to go for a closing birdie to put him well up the leader board . |
| 10 | But the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority has introduced a private member 's bill asking for a ten-year extension of its powers to reclaim Seal Sands . |
| 11 | Seventeen years later the Congregational Union 's Executive called for a Nonconformist equivalent but nothing came of it . |
| 12 | Afterwards Sharon 's stepfather appealed for a concerted campaign to end the spate of car thefts that so often ended in tragedy … |
| 13 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |
| 14 | The grin on Turner 's face disappeared for a startled moment . |
| 15 | The City 's sigh of relief at Barclays ' decision to look for an outside candidate to take on the role of chief executive was audible . |