Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Janine came into the kitchen dressed up for her trip to the hairdresser 's . |
| 2 | The buzzard flew to the king 's palace , waited , perching in an oak tree , until the princess came out for her evening stroll , and then picked her up and carried her back to the forest , holding her as carefully as if she were made of rose petals . |
| 3 | No , but it be beneficial if it 's Comet and the receipt came back for our insurance from Comet erm |
| 4 | He sounded at the end of his tether , all the adrenalin summoned up for his phone call now evaporated . |
| 5 | ‘ Freedom of establishment shall include the right to take up and pursue activities as self-employed persons and to set up and manage undertakings , in particular companies or firms within the meaning of the second paragraph of article 58 , under the conditions laid down for its own nationals by the law of the country where such establishment is effected , subject to the provisions of the chapter relating to capital . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ the right to take up and pursue activities as self-employed persons … under the conditions laid down for its own nationals by the law of the country where such establishment is effected … |
| 7 | All the judges can do is award a greater proportion of non pension assets to the wife to make up for her lack of long term security and if these other assets are small , the husband is still the winner . |
| 8 | ROD WALLACE last night pleaded for the chance to make up for his England heartache , writes John Edwards . |
| 9 | Then he was swinging out of it , feeling the blood retreat from his head , sensing the ground reach up for his wheels : twisting to see the flag , before he went up and waited his turn to do it over again . |
| 10 | But this week I went along to ‘ the other Headingley ’ where he plies his trade week-in , week-out to talk to him about his hopes and ambitions and how he saw the season panning out for his big-spending club . |
| 11 | ‘ She had not the spirit to stand up for her own mother . |
| 12 | When the navvies turn up for their wages on a Friday afternoon after a hard week of digging up roads , try presenting them with a handsome bound volume of Gaelic poetry . |
| 13 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 14 | But the results made up for her ordeal |
| 15 | Occasionally , after refreshments — two would go in at two o'clock , two more at half past two , and so on — the only time you could have a natter with your colleague was when you left the station and you saw the sergeant going in for his refreshments . |
| 16 | If a chap had n't the guts to stand up for his own beastliness where was he ? |
| 17 | If I remember , that was on a Saturday night when the gents came down for their pickings . |
| 18 | Each member of the party comes in for my scrutiny , ’ he informed her . |
| 19 | Only the organist in the conference hall seemed to be properly tuned-in , belting out a rendition of Bewitched , bothered and bewildered as the representatives filed in for their annual law and order debate . |
| 20 | Do n't you come across many teachers who say something along the lines ‘ I 'd love to try this experiment ’ , or ‘ I 'd like to try this in a different way , but I have C S E or O level or A level coming up for my children in a term or a year and I ca n't possibly afford to do other than cram them for these examinations ’ . |
| 21 | Rights are a central issue in being assertive ( see page 8 ) , since a decision to be assertive , as opposed to aggressive or submissive , is in effect a decision to stand up for your rights in a way that respects other people 's rights . |
| 22 | Therefore , we could spotlight that here was a writer standing up for his rights . ’ |
| 23 | Every social worker has a responsibility to stand up for their own profession , to accept criticism humbly when it is due , and to explain why things are done in certain ways . |
| 24 | It 's not a nuisance going off for his weekend break in the . |
| 25 | ‘ Is n't it a bit odd to leave property to joint heirs with no conditions laid down for its distribution ? ’ |
| 26 | One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time . |
| 27 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 28 | It was an effort to reach up for my dressing-gown which was hanging on the back of the door and I felt bitter against Richard because he did n't see that I was ill and come to help me . |