Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely no one could think better of Jason for the quoted remarks ? |
| 2 | The financial information contained in this document does not constitute the Company 's statutory accounts but has been extracted from the statutory accounts of LASMO for the five years ended 31 December 1991 and also includes certain other information . |
| 3 | As captain of Surrey for a dozen seasons , Fender was expert at making bricks without straw or , to be more precise , winning matches without bowlers on perfect Oval pitches . |
| 4 | The genealogist who has traced his family tree as far back as is possible through the use of the civil registration records kept at St Catherine 's House , London , and local registry offices then turns naturally to the baptism , marriage and burial registers of the Church of England for the preceding generations . |
| 5 | Everyone felt that even the attainment of a small portion of Palestine for the Palestinian Arabs would be a triumph . |
| 6 | The first team squad were then told to get out of Glasgow for a few days , prompting a rush for the airport . |
| 7 | ‘ I always pop into the Prince of Wales for a few bevvies when I leave here , so does Fred . |
| 8 | ‘ To me , it is just nice to get out of Leeds for a few weeks . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's only been working for Harry for a few weeks . |
| 10 | A hastily arranged challenge from Borders Roads Department led to a team from Lothian Highways heading for Kelso for a twenty overs a side match at the end of June . |
| 11 | Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office . |
| 12 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
| 13 | He went out with Naomi for a few minutes and then it was my turn for a little chat . |
| 14 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 15 | However , there was high praise from Pringle for the Scottish bowlers . |
| 16 | Stourport 's Imran Sherwani was in Swindon for the qualifying rounds of the National Championships . |
| 17 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
| 18 | She went into the hall , glad of anything that would take her mind from Dana for a few minutes . |
| 19 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 20 | Voter registration took place in February for the long-awaited elections to the country 's parliament , which was dissolved in 1986 . |
| 21 | But to the EEC this looked too much like the British proposals of the late 1950s , and it declined the overtures from EFTA for the same reasons as in the past . |
| 22 | Carruthers was appointed as District Geologist in charge and Dinham was also posted there from Scotland for a few years . |
| 23 | Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta . |
| 24 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
| 25 | Owing to pressure of work , Brush evidently purchased sixteen body shells from U.E.C. for the larger cars , which they fitted out and trucked themselves at Loughborough . |
| 26 | I was in Sydney for a few weeks , and had an affair with a broad . |
| 27 | More brave men at Swindon tomorrow … the area 's top fighters are in the ring in Penhill for the Senior Championships … |
| 28 | It is for the benefit of the inspectors who come up from Paris for the biannual audits . |
| 29 | why this week … well in exactly three years time the Olympic flame will be lit in Atlanta for the next games … and one of the new sports will be laser sailing … and all the boats are being built by the company in Banbury |
| 30 | Have to be in Paris for a few days . |