Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | MHA hopes to have a reunion for anyone who was at Manor during the 1980s . |
| 2 | A new Herriot ( in this case Every Living Thing , published by Michael Joseph ) does not need to be torn to pieces on the book page of the Times , but there was Robert Crampton trying to make a reputation for himself : ‘ James Herriot did for the Yorkshire Dales in the seventies what Peter Mayle did for the hills of Provence in the eighties . |
| 3 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 4 | Nicholson failed to make a name for himself once again , though because of some inspired controversy he had at least achieved a wider circle of critics . |
| 5 | Mr Ramsay promised to give a pound for every one raised by subscription . |
| 6 | Stephen arranged to buy a replacement for the lost horse and a further pair . |
| 7 | A useful sort on the level for Mark Prescott , Moving Out is with the right trainer — Henrietta Knight seems to have a talent for turning Flat horses into capable jumpers . |
| 8 | The 355mm ( 14in ) twin plate unit that came with the gearbox could n't be fitted into the space available , so Mr Tomlinson had to write a cheque for £800 to buy a special Case IH single plate unit . |
| 9 | Whereas Bismarck had wanted constantly to reassure the other countries of Europe that Germany was satiated , and wanted to act as an honest broker between East and West ( his banker , Bleichröder , tartly remarked that there is no such thing as an honest broker ) , Wilhelmine Germany decided to make a bid for power in competition nth the other great powers , chiefly Britain . |
| 10 | Whichever it is , Winemark seems to have a taste for it . |
| 11 | Frustration born out of watching history repeating itself prompted Anna Merz to try to establish a haven for Kenya 's beleaguered rhinos . |
| 12 | Rather than satisfying the expectations of the normal ‘ gallery set ’ , O ‘ Connell wished to create a piece for habitual market users ; she needed a material and a concept which could equally accommodate skating children , organic vegetable enthusiasts and wandering passers by . |
| 13 | The first was that Franco intended to create a party for himself . |
| 14 | The basic problem with Comintern attempts to formulate a strategy for revolution in the colonies was that issues such as the nature of the revolution and the role of classes were examined by means of a formal analogy with the Russian revolution , rather than a structural analysis of the specific conditions in individual countries ( Cerdas Cruz : 1986a , p. 41 ) . |
| 15 | For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron . |
| 16 | The people of Weinfelden seem to have a flair for putting window boxes of scarlet and pink flowers in places where they blend with the half-timbered fronts . |
| 17 | Three weeks … and twenty-five thousand nautical miles … just by finishing Barbel hopes to strike a blow for womankind … |
| 18 | Gedanken had to wait a minute for her eyes to get used to the inky black darkness again . |
| 19 | so Roger had to leave a note for him . |
| 20 | The King was paying him some money every year , and Ben wanted to give a party for his friends . |
| 21 | Yet the thing which struck her most of all here in the drawing room was that Harriet seemed to have a passion for photographs . |
| 22 | Schott decided to make a break for the main rendezvous point with Stirling , and set off in the 3-tonner with his men . |