Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , I du n no picked up a guarantee for twenty quid . |
| 2 | Mona , who had her daughter Soraya and a nanny with her , also picked up the tab for expensive dinners at trendy restaurants . |
| 3 | ‘ So do I. We 've had the spy-glass trained on his approach bearing and they 'd have picked up an explosion for sure . ’ |
| 4 | And in 1949 Commander Kerans on bringing the damaged Amethyst , bottled up the Yangtse for two months by the communists , to the safety of the open sea : ‘ Have rejoined the fleet south of Woosung . |
| 5 | So Adam slipped out of Castell Coch at dusk , and himself carried the word to Owen in his camp in the woods overlooking Cegidfa ; and a beggar who had hung about the gates for some days and been fed from the kitchens went after him every step of the way . |
| 6 | SAVE , working with the Jubilee Hall campaign , had drawn up a scheme for alternative use , which involved building on the adjacent empty site . |
| 7 | If someone had got up a petition for that bloke who refused to pay his ticket because the heating did n't work , I would have signed it . |
| 8 | Labour chiefs branded the rush of openness too late after the Government had hushed up the payments for 18 months . |
| 9 | He did n't make it to the course on the next day , was sacked , and always maintained that if he had n't given up the drink for those ten days or so and ‘ dried out ’ he would not have got so drunk , would have been on the course at the appointed time , would not have lost his job , and would have have carried for yet another Open Champion . |
| 10 | When Weissbräu has finally mopped up the market for popular , easily-drinkable wheat beers , it will be glad to have such tasty , characterful brews as a specialist line . |
| 11 | ‘ Once again we have set down a marker for trans-Atlantic travel with a £93 for '93 offer which is the most competitive fare available , ’ said Branson , yesterday . |
| 12 | The presbytery asked members of the church to note that the South Ronaldsay Parents ' Action Committee had set up a fund for legal aid to which they might like to contribute , and they asked their Social Matters Committee to look into the question of guidance to ministers in cases involving the Social Work Department . |
| 13 | You then have to ask yourself the question , If there is n't any Government , if there is n't any er local development pressure of any substance which has brought about the need for this policy , has there been some sort of quantum change in Government policy which has necessitated that we give emphasis to this particular issue . |
| 14 | In Peter 's case he has put down a marker for next year , when he will still be young enough to try . |
| 15 | How many years since he had whipped up the spirits for any party ? |
| 16 | OSF meantime , has also put out a call for object-oriented widgets for the GAIA architecture . |
| 17 | The word is that the usurper , or those acting in his name , have sent out a call for all Scots lords and landed men to repair there , to Annan , to do homage to him . |
| 18 | John Hayward , with whom he wed to live , is keeping on the old flat , and Eliot has paid up the rent for another two years . |