Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lifting very heavy weights can also raise your blood pressure considerably for a short time . |
| 2 | Stars of Hi de Hi and It Ai n't Half Hot Mum team up for a new series set below stairs , You Rang M'Lord . |
| 3 | Concurrent Computer Corp , Oceanport , New Jersey says it intends to file a registration statement soon for a public offer of shares sufficient to raise about $60m . |
| 4 | Two-dimensional stop-motion animation of flat pictures — such as the cels used in cartoons — is a topic complex enough for a separate book . |
| 5 | It 's Tufnell to bowl to , he 's a good contest he edges that one away on the leg side just for a single , that 's a shame because er , it really is a good contest this . |
| 6 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 7 | He was n't going to come charging back , forcing her to remember things she had worked long and hard to forget , turning her entire world upside down for a second time . |
| 8 | When I was in Jordan in nineteen sixty five studying Arabic , I helped the Save The Children Fund operation there for a few months and this was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable and interesting short periods of my life and I look back on it with great warmth and affection and as your Royal Highness knows , it happens also that many , many years ago before you were our president , my father occupied your office and I therefore come to this meeting today with some knowledge of the fund 's activities and with great admiration and respect for all the that the fund has achieved . |
| 9 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 10 | CRICKET FANS Gordon and Barbara Bidlake , began searching Cornwall for their dream home by the sea when , with retirement looming , they decided to exchange their holiday hideaway there for a permanent residence . |
| 11 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 12 | A former nurse , hurt on duty and unlikely to work again , was awarded £157,500 by Newcastle Crown Court yesterday for a serious back injury . |