Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] for a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Do n't just brew the tea just for a moment love , I 've got the pudding to put out . |
2 | You might consider getting a local electrician or TV repair man to take a look at these before sending the computer away for a specialist repair shop 's attention . |
3 | Sadberge met their rivals , Haughton-le-Skerne , near Darlington , in Haughton church hall yesterday for a championship game . |
4 | A third option is to part-sell your home either for a capital sum or regular payments , under a home income plan , and continue to live in it for as long as you wish . |
5 | Under an annuity policy the company pays a regular income to the insured for a specified period up until death , in return either for a lump sum payment or regular contributions earlier in life . |
6 | MICHEL ROCARD , the former French premier and currently a contender for the presidency , won support yesterday for a plan call to scrap the battered Socialist Party and build a new centre-left movement . |
7 | Rosehaugh 's results for 1989/90 revealed a pro-tax loss of £165 million , the largest deficit ever for a UK property enterprise . |
8 | It was in fact a large room divided in two , one half being given over to the mistress 's wardrobe and dressing stool , with the pier-glass in the corner , the other providing a small chamber with room only for a cot bed . |
9 | Philip Saunders makes a starker contrast between the limited exposure of currency funds and holdings in shares or unit trusts : ‘ With charges at 4 per cent initially and three-quarters of a point annually for a currency fund , would you pay 6 per cent to go into a plain old unit trust ? ’ |
10 | Gulfstream has created what it claims is the most carefully conceived and designed flight deck and cabin interior ever for a business aircraft , based on extensive ergonomic , anthropomorphic and physiological research . |
11 | ‘ That 's the way to do it , ’ said Araminta pleased , as all the puppets came to life again for a curtain call . |
12 | Christopher is going into hospital soon for a hip operation and will be spending approximately 2 months in plaster up to his chest . |
13 | The Israeli Prime Minister , Mr Yitzhak Shamir , went into hospital yesterday for a hernia operation . |
14 | Second-choice keeper Gary Walsh went into hospital yesterday for a knee operation and third string Ian Wilkinson is out with a broken wrist . |
15 | PRINCE CHARLES made a hush-hush trip to hospital yesterday for a knee operation . |
16 | Do you ring the printer then for a cheque book . |
17 | The chip Shop is going to extend into the vacant shop next door and this was given the go ahead for a trial period of one year . |
18 | The Chip Shop is going to extend into the vacant shop next door and this was given the go ahead for a trial period of one year . |
19 | And today they will jet away for a dream honeymoon in Barbados sponsored by Caribbean Gold . |