Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two hopeful crabs line up for the start of the race . |
| 2 | When our teenagers go out for the evening , most of them use something , if only occasionally , as a social prop . |
| 3 | When these shops close down for the night , the sound of heavy breathing from their stock must rival that of a porn cinema . |
| 4 | Many married women whose husbands sign on for the family find themselves forced to seek work in the black economy in order to make ends meet ; this is often seen as less risky than the possibility of their husbands being caught . |
| 5 | Contestants line up for the quiz . |
| 6 | Residents are urged to be very careful about food scraps put out for the birds . |
| 7 | The huge ammunition wagons set off for the crossroads , their massive iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road 's surface . |
| 8 | The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig . |
| 9 | Artists team up for the Roosevelt memorial |
| 10 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 11 | Did the bright lights make up for the lack of country life ? |
| 12 | One of the most common mistakes is beginning foreplay after the lights go out for the night . |
| 13 | Deep cupboards in both the scullery and pantry house the necessary quantities of glass and china , and deep double sinks in both rooms make up for the lack of the modern dishwasher . |
| 14 | The Government 's claim that students are better off as a result of student loans simply is not true ; nor is it true that loans make up for the loss of income support and housing benefit . |
| 15 | The first should consist of short courses for teachers brought about by expanding the teachers ' centres set up for the Nuffield mathematics and science projects , and should include a one-term secondment in every seven years . |
| 16 | Her scream whirled across the waves like debris in a tornado ; she pelted over the sand and through the trees like a creature when hunters close in for the kill . |
| 17 | Signs , know your traffic signs , right , signals , give signal , give signals if they would help or warn other road users watch out for the signals of other drivers and motor cyclists or pedal cyclists and take necessary action from them . |
| 18 | She will have spent the last 30 years of their marriage sitting in the passenger seat of the car which she is still unable to drive , disappearing into the kitchen when his climbing friends call round for a beer , and laughing dutifully at his mountain anecdotes over a dinner she has made for his boss . |
| 19 | Police refused to intervene as protesters attempted to drive their cars to the point on the Atlantic coast where conservationists yearly attempt to count the birds before the hunters move in for the kill . |
| 20 | In Britain , the ‘ drag-down ’ factor operates ; graduates make up for a shortage of technicians with intermediate skills . |
| 21 | Shopping at the company store often means a long wait in the queue , so the children line up for the groceries , while Domitila sells her pies ( Barrios de Chungara and Viezzar 1978 ) . |
| 22 | Inspired by the success of the excellent professional watercolourists of that time , many travellers set out for the Lakes with their sketching equipment , mirrors and paints . |
| 23 | The children dress up for a saloon in the kind of gear that snooker players or riverboat gamblers wear , with the girls in long dresses . |
| 24 | Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ? |
| 25 | For example , T-connectors come in for a lot of punishment and have to put up with all sorts of strains , such as people inadvertently standing on the cable . |
| 26 | When you weigh it up , would any amount of perks make up for the fact that joining this particular firm involves waking up next to the Prince of Wales or the Duke of York ? |
| 27 | She arranged them on the big table on the terrace where they looked impeccable , like clothes set out for a wedding . |
| 28 | The 16-year-olds could play for the juniors at the same time as their fathers turn out for the club 's over-35s team in a national competition . |
| 29 | The findings indicated that , on average , computer systems crash nine times per year , per company , and that those systems stay down for an average of four hours . |
| 30 | And the boys come down for a week ! |