Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's best to have a time limit for a team 's deliberations — say thirty seconds — or the game goes on for ever . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | No , but it be beneficial if it 's Comet and the receipt came back for our insurance from Comet erm |
| 4 | Often people entitled to free dental treatment find that they must contribute towards the cost of glasses , and the scheme cries out for reform . |
| 5 | An audience can only sit at the front of the stage and the hall stretches back for miles . |
| 6 | However , in spite of Mr Chapman 's optimism , an administrator was appointed in late November and the company put up for sale . |
| 7 | By the time he got his foot to the brake pedal they were down among the mud and the car slid on for several yards before coming to a halt . |
| 8 | The present and the future wiped out for her there was no recovery . |
| 9 | The Daily Mirror conceded that the story was ‘ still corny , predictable and thin to the point of malnutrition ’ but believed that the lavish settings , its song-and-dance routines and the cast made up for this and added that Crawford ‘ brings a superb youthful energy to the role of the gawky , naive young clerk ’ . |
| 10 | The heavy Roman-emperor head with thinnish iron-grey hair brushed forward , the nose , broad and fleshy , and the mouth fallen in for lack of teeth , was not a comely picture . |
| 11 | Black will take it swinging it in flicked on by Rozario and the goalkeeper made up for er what might have been an error a moment or two ago by coming bravely in with Pearce right in front of him and Rozario I mean on the flick . |
| 12 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 13 | Ga-ry and Ja-kki are only outdone in the hard-work stakes by the man from the council with the large hammer who perpetually replaces fence posts as the crowd swells and the area cordoned off for the benefit of the saplings shrinks . |
| 14 | Lieutenant Gerry Mackenzie reported by telephone — the civilian network remained open long after the Japanese invasion — that he could see lights in the estuary of the Comoro river and a patrol went out for a quick recce . |
| 15 | A company was set up , a detailed survey was done , and a bill drawn up for presentation to Parliament — the usual procedure . |
| 16 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 17 | But the couple fell out for three years following a very acrimonious split . |
| 18 | The judge had told the jury of what they had to be satisfied before convicting any of the accused , but the case cried out for a direction which amounted to the reverse side of the coin , namely , that they should not convict any person who was in their charge simply because of his association with others . |
| 19 | But the studio paid out for fringe benefits including personal trainers and chauffeurs to keep them happy . |