Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest technique involves asking directly for the order . |
| 2 | The Navigation Acts were not in the first instance devised to make up for the fact that some English revenue was devoted to colonial defence , but defending the colonies came to be seen as an integral part of the Old Colonial System . |
| 3 | Like a car needs to go in for the M O T , you 've got ta |
| 4 | After the English cricket and soccer debacles of the past week , Hastings ' side hope to make up for the misery by catching the All Blacks cold New Zealand have not played a Test for 10 months and face the Lions with a new team . |
| 5 | In one more smooth movement his own shirt was gone , and as she looked at him her naked skin seemed to cry out for the touch of his . |
| 6 | America 's Irish lobby has campaigned hard for the MacBride principles , and several states have made them mandatory on local companies . |
| 7 | The premium is either with the product or the purchaser has to send off for the premium . |
| 8 | THE policeman whose hand was sewn back on after it was horrifically severed by a Samurai sword has spoken publicly for the first time of his ordeal . |
| 9 | It had not been lived in recently it had none of that slight warmth of humanity you find in a dwelling whose inhabitant has gone out for the day . |
| 10 | in the rear of the trench , wrapped myself in an old Army blanket , I could hear the sound of the German sniping starting up for the day . |
| 11 | If you want to make the naked truth unfurled ask tomorrow for the News of the World . |
| 12 | The climate had worsened significantly for the remaining Jews in Germany following the invasion of the Soviet Union , in a period of stepped-up hatred towards the ‘ Jewish-Bolshevik ’ arch-enemy and heightened tension , as Party activists agitated with renewed pressure for action in the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 13 | In addition , 88open says that software companies using its 88000 certification process have asked specifically for the group to put its stuff up on other architectures . |
| 14 | In addition , 88open says software companies using its 88000 certification process have asked specifically for the group to put its stuff up on other architectures . |
| 15 | Bradley Bone has started well for the 1993 season by winning the first club match with a good bag of eels for 9lb 8oz . |
| 16 | The Anglo-American lati relationship has done more for the defence and future of freedom than any other alliance in the world . |
| 17 | You ca n't go back and it 's natural to assume that your relationship has changed invariably for the worse . |
| 18 | But whatever your opinions are concerning the concept of the UK enjoying an annual Music Day , the aftermath of the first event seems to bode well for the future . |
| 19 | The smile had come out for the landlord , and disappeared when he had left the room . |
| 20 | Andrew Green , the present lord of the manor , and his wife had driven up for the day from Essex . |
| 21 | This rate has risen significantly for the cohorts reaching Form Four from 1987 onwards ( see Table 8.1 ) . |
| 22 | Not one student has signed up for the ten weekly lectures under the title Margaret Thatcher — Fact Or Fiction . |
| 23 | Neural linkage , brain to brain and brain to computer , was old science , had been pushed to the limit in the years before mankind had reached out for the stars . |
| 24 | The shop bell had tinkled frequently for the past hour , most of the customers having been the ha'penny and penny ones , some of whom were now standing outside at the shop window oohing and aahing at the Christmas goodies displayed there , all entwined with coloured streamers and illuminated by the two gas lamps attached to the side wall of the shop and plopping inside their pretty pink glass globes , while casting a rosy light overall , even over the small faces pressed against the window . |
| 25 | Stewart Pearce the captain 's come forward for the kick taken by Black . |
| 26 | Our heading has worked well for the second quarter of our route , so we 'll keep to it — but hold on , what 's this ? |
| 27 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 28 | Sir Henry , it will be recalled , was the seventeenth-century poet and diplomat who defined an ambassador as ‘ an honest man sent to lie abroad for the the good of his country . ’ |
| 29 | Another part of the emancipation legislation appeared to do more for the cause of local representation , but proved to create as many problems as it solved . |
| 30 | We can presume that the novelty of the Society had worn off for the capricious upper classes . |