Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you would like to join the committee and influence policy , pass on a good idea , attend the community lunch held for those working in the area , get involved in producing the regular Headington Area Newsletter , join an informal discussion group or borrow material on Health , Parenting or Caring for the Elderly , make a special request or offer your services as a tutor or Youth Club volunteer , we would love to hear from you . |
| 2 | A labourer complained , " touching in particular the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor , not finding a house and providing labour or work for the said William Ashton to do in the parish " . |
| 3 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 4 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 5 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 6 | He then went to South Africa with the FA summer touring side and played for the national team in one of the representative games . |
| 7 | Externally , in his relations with other villages , he becomes the vehicle and focus for the xenophobic fear and animosity between rival communities . |
| 8 | With the birth less than six weeks away , Jacqui is juggling a hectic schedule between work and planning for the new arrival . |
| 9 | As a result , Labour thinking began to lay more stress on state control , on the need to take over at the centre and then to redistribute wealth and plan for the whole country . |
| 10 | We do not want them to inherit all our problems when it is their responsibility to create the wealth and care for the increased number of elderly and aged people in this country . |
| 11 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 12 | But he did miss it ; he thought he had been born homesick ; he certainly thought he had spent most of his life waiting and longing and aching for the Bright Palace where his mother 's people had quarrelled and laughed and made love and war , and where the charming ruthless Wolfkings had woven Ireland 's history . |
| 13 | So I left Derek and Brian by the door of the pub and headed for the open country . |
| 14 | The requirement that homes should be a haven of peace and rest for the male breadwinner has set up a tension with an architectural notion of " rationality " which proclaimed bare simplicity , tidiness , and the importance of cooking and cleaning as work processes . |
| 15 | Other related activities include membership of a westen European EDIFACT board and support for the British Standards Institution 's EDI activities . |
| 16 | Whatever level of public expenditure proves practicable , and however it is distributed , the primary source of support and care for the elderly people are informal and voluntary … |
| 17 | The sun , having messed around with all the colours that Keats and Shelly were so big on , decided at last to give the rosy-fingered routine a bit of a miss and go for the full Colditz searchlight . |
| 18 | Mitchell trained as a journalist on The Scotsman and worked for the Scottish Tourist Board , Apex Publishing in Oman and British Gas Scotland before setting up Elliot Mitchell Communications , which later merged with Commpress . |
| 19 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 20 | SFA lists certain criteria to be used to judge relevant experience and understanding for the particular transaction . |
| 21 | Meldola was , by now , an ailing and weary man , overcome by excessive worry and work for the growing war effort . |
| 22 | Still stroking my son 's forehead with my left hand , I reach out into the darkness with my right and fumble for the little clock on his bedside table . |
| 23 | It was the people that were being drawn by the nose and paying for the whole thing . |
| 24 | Sweden , who beat England last month , need only avoid a heavy defeat in Poland a fortnight today to head the group and qualify for the final stages . |
| 25 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 26 | In deaf clubs and institutes throughout the country , there was also much fund-raising and knitting for the armed services . |
| 27 | In December 1979 I became one of two lesbians and sixty-five gay men providing a twenty-four-hours-a-day information service and helpline for the gay community . |
| 28 | She dropped the other gun — the little one — into the pocket of her jacket and reached for the wooden grip of the Kalashnikov . |
| 29 | During this examination , three to four samples of flat rectal mucosa were taken from an area 10–15 cm from the anal verge and used for the proliferative studies described below . |
| 30 | Suddenly it is all about hard work , grafting for each other and scratching for the odd result that might suddenly spark your confidence . |