Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shaun 's last years at school had been difficult he 'd even taken a swing at a teacher at one point — and he 'd earned a reputation for the motherless Hammond boys that Wayne had found himself sharing even though he 'd done nothing to earn it . |
| 2 | As Gorbad headed back east , the Dwarfs saw their chance to revenge themselves and prepared a trap for the retreating Orc army . |
| 3 | A quantitative analysis of these alternants , taken from 30 one-hour interviews of 15 men and 15 women , had revealed a preference for the indicative and conditional forms in lower-status groups and by all speakers in less careful styles . |
| 4 | That possibility was handled by Bob Beckman , an American economist-writer who has settled in this country and has built a reputation for the uncanny accuracy of his predictions , though it is fair to say that not everyone agrees with his views of his predictions . |
| 5 | Was it not his father who had implicitly argued a case for the moral uprightness of bourgeois culture and bourgeois education ? |
| 6 | Was it not his father who had resolutely argued a case for the necessary acquisition of bourgeois culture in order to succeed ? |
| 7 | The big fish had been making for deep water all afternoon and Trent had n't seen a bird for the past hour . |
| 8 | Now no-one 's ever seen a quark for the simple reason that no-one has ever managed to produced a free quark . |
| 9 | Our Psalm today said ‘ God , in your goodness , you have made a home for the poor , ’ but God needs people like you and me to make this home for everyone . |
| 10 | Even before Hello , Dolly ! went into production , Richard Zanuck had agreed with Gene Kelly and producer Frank McCarthy , who together had made A Guide for the Married Man , to team them up again for a screen version of the fantasy Tom Swift and His Wizard Airship . |
| 11 | In 1985 , the influential business magazine Forbes had in fact all but written an obituary for the American nuclear industry : |
| 12 | Is not the reputation of having written an opera for the Viennese theatre the best way to enhance one 's credit not only in Germany but also in Italy ? |
| 13 | At the Novello ceremony , Mr May also accepted an award for the best television commercial theme for Driven By You , written for Ford . |
| 14 | Where the court has made an order for the public examination of the bankrupt ( under s 290 ) or has issued a summons to appear under s 366 , the court may also order an Inland Revenue official , on the application of the official receiver or trustee , to produce to the court the relevant accounts or assessments submitted to the Inland Revenue ( s 369 ) . |
| 15 | Indeed in April he had proved that such reading was an art : the Sitwells had organized an evening for the Free French in the Aeolian Hall , and in front of the Queen he gave a memorable and dramatic performance of " What the Thunder Said " . |
| 16 | B.R. Pearn had been appointed Information Officer , and had already produced a booklet for the Indian Army HQ , compiled with the help of experienced District and Forest Officers , with valuable advice on how to live in the jungle . |
| 17 | The Primary Education Improvement Project in Northern Nigeria has produced a programme for the lower classes where more formal subject-based lessons were planned to cover about half the teaching time , but complemented by a carefully planned activities programme based on group work . |
| 18 | If you 've actually got a standard for the key tasks , you can actually measure the what we call the performance gap and it becomes much more logical . |
| 19 | Not that I care , but it 's handy to be near him , 'cos he 's always got something you can knock off and it 's useful to be able to pinch something of his when the teacher finds you have n't got a pen for the third day running . |
| 20 | Perhaps that 's why we have n't got a group for the next one . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've got a nose for the washed-up , I 'll say that for you . |
| 22 | You 've got a meeting for the second have you ? |
| 23 | It 's erm I 've got I mean I 've got a job for the first six weeks already set up with |
| 24 | Got a start for the first time this season when Cole went AWOL . |
| 25 | They are DEVOTED to each other — she 's seeing a toy boy and he 's had a mistress for the last fourteen years |
| 26 | From the days of exchange control , UK multinational companies have always had a use for the traditional island tax havens , and even the explosion of anti-avoidance legislation in the 1980s has not prevented the use of havens where there is a definite benefit for the company . |
| 27 | we 're in a real mess on transport in this country — largely because we have n't had a policy for the last fourteen years . |
| 28 | No-one was ever had a transplant for the inherited disorder . |
| 29 | No one was ever had a transplant for the inherited disorder . |
| 30 | Users in the past have shown a preference for the direct shelf approach . |