Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Truth to tell , the arrangement did n't look particularly promising : the Bowl resembled something for kitchen use , plain fired ceramic , large enough to whip eggs for a couple of soufflés . |
| 2 | Experience has shown that it is not enough to train PHCNs for a year and then send to isolated rural clinics . |
| 3 | Naturally , they ca n't all come at weekends , so several get together to form parties for a mid-week break in the great outdoors . |
| 4 | Are you lucky enough to possess space for a utility or washing room ? |
| 5 | During the First World War a box of matches cost 1d and a matchbox grip 4d : a price just substantial enough to warrant a ‘ Thank you ’ when given free to a pub or grocer 's store customer , and just substantial enough to make money for a stationer or the many charities which sold them . |
| 6 | ROYAL Navy captain Fabian Malbon , 46 , led 300 crew up the 1,400ft-high rock of Gibraltar yesterday to raise money for a cancer appeal . |
| 7 | SHAREHOLDERS in the retail giants , Asda and Burton Group , have responded enthusiastically to cash calls for a total of £510 million . |
| 8 | Aviemore Cottage , built around 1886 , was demolished five years ago to make way for a block of flats — some of which have never been sold — while Aviemore House , a posting station on the old stagecoach route from Inverness , was pulled down by a property consortium in the 1960s . |
| 9 | He had to hitch his chair forward to make room for a party who were moving in around the table behind him . |