Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] for [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But what you 're doing here I think it is er , er an example of the partnership , a partnership that goes back for many years , certainly during World War Two and I think er it is still strong and er holds firm today the partnership between the United States and Great Britain . |
| 2 | ‘ Good thinking , Princess , ’ he said , with an easy charm that made up for any lack of etiquette . |
| 3 | He walked to the window and stared out for some moments . |
| 4 | Still , a certain chiaroscuro grimness attached to their surreal exchange and cries out for some brainless , comic intervention . |
| 5 | Well Karol I have to go now , see you on the balcony at Easter and watch out for those pigeons. kind regards to the papal dunces . |
| 6 | It was just the sort of match that cried out for some Cantona-like ambition . |
| 7 | When it has stopped coming , he drops the body and goes back for another lamb and another , creeping down the earthen steps with his blood-stained knife and his feet and ankles splashed with red . |
| 8 | So , being a nosey bugger , which I am , I went into David 's room and looked around for some evidence of what actually might have happened that weekend because I was completely stunned . |
| 9 | ‘ But I might just feign insanity some day and come back for another cup of that damned fine coffee . ’ |
| 10 | You must go out on a starry night and walk about for half an hour trying to see the sky in terms of the old ( Ptolemaic ) cosmology . |
| 11 | Joe cleared his table , put his carpet-bag in the larder , locked the door and went out for some fresh air and to get an evening paper , afternoon edition . |
| 12 | They had had many rows like this , and it was a measure of how far their relationship had come that Edward , while sometimes scorched by the depth of Erica 's cynicism , fought his corner without descending into rage and came back for more . |
| 13 | RIGHT Dogs often enjoy a run along the beach but watch out for any traces of tar which could adhere to their feet or coat . |
| 14 | this is just one of thirty sessions a week for Swindon 's young swimmers … lack of facilities and pool time dictates they start at the crack of dawn and go back for more at dusk … |
| 15 | If the Government want to fetch every one of those issues to the Floor of the House , I am quite prepared to do exactly the same , and every day we shall have points of order that go on for half an hour — |
| 16 | Before their arrival at Heathrow , their passports and tickets were confiscated ; when the British Airways plane landed , they were separated from the other passengers , put into a van and driven around for several hours before being forced back on the plane and sent out of the UK . |