Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 2 | For instance , I have today recorded a radio interview in Welsh stressing the need to have an application for quarrying on the Carmel Woods SSSI called in for a public inquiry . |
| 3 | Ms or Mr Trim wakes up for an early morning drink , has tea or coffee with either no milk or skimmed milk and definitely no sugar . |
| 4 | Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie . |
| 5 | Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp . |
| 6 | His father , however , preferred that Farrar went in for a professional career , and Farrar was articled to a firm of architects and surveyors in Northampton , becoming a Fellow of the Geographical Society . |
| 7 | ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon . |
| 8 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 9 | Ultimately it was Nayim 's audacious away goal that ruled , but only in the closing minutes had the Londoners enjoyed a moment 's respite from the pumped-up Fourth Division team , who had Roy McDonough sent off for a reckless tackle near the end . |
| 10 | With Morris brought off for a deserved breather , Mark Burns took over the duty of penalty taker after 58 minutes , the award coming after a Nigel Allister stick chop , and it was 5–1 . |
| 11 | ELTON JOHN and Axl Rose teamed up for a spectacular duet at the MTV awards in Los Angeles . |
| 12 | Derby were convincing 3–0 winners over Pisa , who also had Jose Antonio Chamot sent off for a professional foul on Ted McMinn . |
| 13 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 14 | Botha dropped an early goal , Ian Hunter thundered over for an unforgettable try , and Drikus Hattingh scored one for the tourists just before the break . |
| 15 | Barry Jones boiled over when he saw 63-year-old Vera brewing up for a local hospice on her day off . |
| 16 | Maxim settled down for a gloomy evening . |
| 17 | Five players were booked , and Newry had David Coleman sent off for a bad challenge on Peebles . |
| 18 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
| 19 | He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story . |
| 20 | Solomona blasted over for an important try just before the break after smart interpassing with Sheals . |
| 21 | Charles looked around for a suitable candidate and nudged , no doubt , by a couple of doting grandmothers , found Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 22 | Then , by pure chance — but seeing it as an act of providence — she had heard Lin Foh call down for an early supper , for him and his CI5 guardian . |
| 23 | Abingdon held on for a deserved victory however , in one of the best games this reporter has seen this season . |
| 24 | And Runcorn striker Steve Shaughnessy stands by for a possible call-up into the F.A . |
| 25 | Eliza settled in for a four-month stint of painting and drawing . |
| 26 | Then Crawford went out for a welcome late-night meal , before staying up to read the reviews in the early editions of the next day 's newspapers . |
| 27 | He has since left BP to sign up for an American company in Oklahoma . |
| 28 | After the interval , chances were few and far between and most of the early play took place in mid-field , but towards the end Hucklecote applied severe pressure , but the visitor 's defence superbly mastered by outside half , Neil Smith held out for a fine hard-earned victory . |