Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we shall see more clearly after studying Chaucer 's other fabliaux and uses of fabliau , the Shipman 's Tale stands out as the particular instance when Chaucer uses a fabliau to place fabliau in a critical light , examining fabliau as an extant genre rather than exploiting it for some other purpose . |
| 2 | go in a hall somewhere and have it for a day . |
| 3 | As a community are we willing to risk building a just peace rather than arming ourselves for war ? |
| 4 | I 'll build the fire up a bit more and heat it for you now . |
| 5 | During periods of anaerobic carbohydrate metabolism , the worms may also excrete pyruvic acid rather than retaining it for future oxidation when aerobic metabolism is possible . |
| 6 | As he leapt to the attack again , he uttered a hoarse , nerve-shattering scream , the purpose of which was to startle his opponent momentarily and distract him for a fatal fraction of time . |
| 7 | It would take too long to get the computer up and do it for you , but erm you can take that away with you if , if you like , that just makes the same points I 've been making now , but using a computer simulator . |
| 8 | It will invigorate you , clearing the night away and preparing you for the day . |
| 9 | Perhaps we would fling pride aside and ask someone for the price of a cup of tea , actually intending to spend it on that . |
| 10 | The aim will be fulfilled if the teacher 's aid encourages self-help skills and good personal organisation by the pupil rather than doing everything for him in the way of fetching and returning materials . |
| 11 | Well , I could go to the casting and asked him to put the pattern in and fire it for it , to cut the sand out like that , you know so that the metal 'd run in like that and you 'd got the big head as you wanted , you know and er it 'd take you like castings with the machine and all that sort of thing , it was all hand stuff you know and yeah |
| 12 | When you meet the road turn right and follow it for ½ mile and turn left through a gate . |
| 13 | sort of read through a bit about it and then when you 've read it , put the book away and leave it for half an hour or an hour or something and then try and draw a rough outline of some of the main points . |
| 14 | Please read this letter carefully and keep it for further reference as it explains a number of important points relating to your claim . |
| 15 | I also have more than a thought for the people who do have homes but who are living in conditions of appalling squalor , for battered wives and abused children who stay at home because there 's nowhere safe for them to go , and for the husbands who choose to stay with their families in the north rather than abandon them for crazy periods of time because they could find work only in the south , And while we 're on the subject , I 'm sick and tired of listening to government and commerce saying it 's ‘ uneconomic ’ to locate businesses in the north of Britain when we 're currently importing billions of pounds ’ worth of consumer goods from the other side of the world . |
| 16 | If you were prone to feeling miserable , for example , the aim is to prevent feelings of misery rather than to swop them for feelings of ecstasy . |
| 17 | Another stimulus to the market has come from issuers buying back bonds , to retire the debt entirely or swap it for new equity . |
| 18 | But instead of meeting each problem separately and assessing it for what it is , the anorexic thinks she has a master-plan , designed to solve them all at one stroke . |
| 19 | Around 400 leftwing priests , students and human rights activists staged a demonstration near Ms Aquino 's palace yesterday and condemned her for seeking US help to crush the coup attempt . |
| 20 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |