Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has become so serious a concern that early in 1991 , less than a year before their latest deadline for the launch of CD-I , Philips themselves established their own CD-I publishing operation , perhaps in an effort to energise CD-I disc investment or to make up for the lack of it . |
| 2 | There have been frequent demands for a single system and investigations of its possibility ; for after the introduction and spread of comprehensive schools it was clearly both inconvenient and divisive that pupils within the same school should be classified either as fit to take the GCE or fit only for the CSE . |
| 3 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 4 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 5 | Lewis had fallen fast asleep on the back seat of the police car and remained so for the whole of the journey back to Oxford . |
| 6 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 7 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |
| 8 | We ca n't just nip on a coach and go somewhere for the day . |
| 9 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 10 | A number of English Protestants were , however , more ideologically motivated than their queen and campaigned vigorously for the adoption of an offensive Protestant alliance , with the aim not simply of protecting English security , but also of furthering the gospel and destroying the forces of Antichrist . |
| 11 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 12 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 13 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 14 | The only thing they wanted to hear was that the prophet had said that everyone could go to Zap Zone and stay there for the rest of their natural lives . |
| 15 | Famine at home did not deter the Tsars from exporting grain ; Stalin took a similarly hard-nosed approach , rationed consumption at home and sold abroad for the sake of political influence and foreign exchange . |
| 16 | None of this could detract from the supremacy of Williams , as Mansell and Patrese dominated the field and scrapped fiercely for the lead . |
| 17 | As well as Dobags , Anatolia produces a wide range of village-standard items , which may be either traditional in appearance or designed specifically for the Western market , and some notable workshop items , particularly from hereke and , to a lesser degree , Kayseria . |
| 18 | Her face was a tragic mask , that of a woman who has sent all her sons to a war and waits hourly for the death telegram . |
| 19 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |
| 20 | Cork hit the post in a desperate finish , but Quakers were caught on the break with only two minutes left when Warren Joyce broke down the right and crossed perfectly for the unmarked Jepson , who only minutes before had a goal ruled out for offside , to grab his second from close range . |
| 21 | An attack would have been tantamount to committing suicide , so reluctantly Stirling gave orders to leave the town and head back for the rendezvous with the LRDG . |
| 22 | A clear example of quite unpleasant physical damage , requiring weeks of recovery and inflicted purely for the ‘ pleasure ’ of the recipient — yet permitted by the law . |
| 23 | When zooming in for the kill , or performing a lightning strike , they ignore the tail end of the body and aim straight for the eyes . |
| 24 | In the interval , Miss Honey left the classroom and headed straight for the Headmistress 's study . |
| 25 | Once inside the shed , Amis entered the cage and cast around for the big wrench that he 'd taken to keeping in here . |
| 26 | Agnes knew the room and went straight for the telephone . |
| 27 | The guests are legless anyway ; they 've paid at least £75 per head and shelled out for the tombola , raffle and auction . |
| 28 | After this he joined the fire service and works today for the Shropshire Fire Brigade . |
| 29 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 30 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |