Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others say they were unable to comply with the surgeons instructions that they undertake no lifting or pulling for a period of time after the operation . |
| 2 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 3 | Have a word with us , discuss your plans , ring or write for a meeting with our Technical Designer . |
| 4 | Well I do n't know what does for a living or does for a living . |
| 5 | Something twisted inside her at the naked emotion that flashed for a moment across his face . |
| 6 | And so Felix offered to take over the wheel and drive for a while . |
| 7 | Only a week later I was noticed by a scout and engaged for a pantomime in Manchester , to play the Princess in Jack and the Beanstalk . |
| 8 | ‘ We realized that decorators were buying our fabric and wallpaper in bulk and asking for a discount , as was available to them with any other brand . ’ |
| 9 | Some journals give clear feedback and ask for a list of changes if the paper is resubmitted , but this is not true of all . |
| 10 | One man , told by his doctor that he had cancer , retreated to his bedroom and wept for a week , refusing to eat and waiting to die . |
| 11 | One such company took a finance director of a subsidiary out of the business for a whole year , sent him to Harvard for an abbreviated MBA and to work for a merchant bank in the City . |
| 12 | But before that she would make a cup of tea and read for a bit . |
| 13 | And , as he finished pouring their brandies , she walked ahead of him through the open doorway and stood for a moment before the huge window , listening to the music , gazing out to sea , aware of a sense of peace and deep contentment . |
| 14 | RUFs can take two forms : either a single bank acts as a placing agent and arranges for a group of banks to underwrite an issue on a revolving basis ; or a group of banks act as a tender panel for the placement of the notes . |
| 15 | I stopped the car and thought for a bit . |
| 16 | George Burley presently came into the dining car and spoke for a while to Nell , who subsequently went from table to table , clipboard in place , repeating what he 'd said . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're going down to Redland Bay to have dinner on his boat and go for a sail , ’ she invented fluently . |
| 18 | We stopped the boat and drifted for a while , and the birds relaxed and moved back towards Bound Skerry the rock in a long line — which did the trick ! |
| 19 | The banks offered a 30 per cent cut and asked for a US$1,000 million payment to reduce interest arrears of US$8,000 million . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ We are on the march and heading for a place in the German parliament . |
| 21 | She turned out the light and reaching for a pitchfork crept towards the tack room . |
| 22 | He had left his regiment ( to his father 's exasperated disgust ) to learn about bloodstock and work for a while for a not over-reputable Irish trainer . |
| 23 | I tottered across to a cottage on the edge of the loch and asked for a pot of tea and a bite to eat . |
| 24 | Hundreds of eyes stared fixedly as the laird stepped out onto the gravel and stood for a moment with his chin jutting and his mouth pulled down , like a general reviewing his troops . |
| 25 | Rab , fat Phillis : he felt to lift the coal hammer but settled for a feather . |
| 26 | However , facing into the wind while waiting for a launch , a tyre on the wing-tip is just a convenient way of preventing the wing from lifting off the ground . |
| 27 | Duncan asked , now sprawled on the bed , his legs crossed and his head resting against a thin cushion that passed for a pillow . |
| 28 | By the summer , the same show had been enlarged and retitled Jolly Jack or The Heart that Beats for a Sailor . |
| 29 | ‘ So , perhaps a really cynical person would conjecture that you need the money that caddying for a golfer like Harley , who is obviously back in form and on the verge of some big wins and big money , would bring . |
| 30 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |