Example sentences of "[vb base] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rubs hoarding space with Howard Hodgkin , whose paintings sell for a million pounds and more . |
| 2 | Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened . |
| 3 | Send for the above offers or mail order details to : The Bradley Gallery . |
| 4 | By contrast , most privately rented accommodation is not available for short periods ( say for a few weeks while a house purchase is carried out ) . |
| 5 | Should not the right hon. Gentleman now apologise for the false promises that he made in 1991 ? |
| 6 | Walk for the inner benefits as well as the fitness and slimness benefits . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 're going to be difficult , ’ Adam said , ‘ I suggest that either you wait for a hundred years or agree to reduce the amount payable , by half . ’ |
| 8 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
| 9 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 10 | Try to ignore the clutter and detail , and look for the central themes or metaphors . |
| 11 | Look for the personal circumstances that fit yours ( or are close to ) the first column , then look under the Poll Tax figures . |
| 12 | Look for the tell-tale holes and prod hard with your small , sharp screwdriver to test the wood . |
| 13 | Look for the Organic Farmers and Growers symbol . |
| 14 | The singing lines , the sense of momentum , of progression towards and relaxation from climaxes is gauged with a natural feel for the musical contours and the poetic expressiveness of both sonatas . |
| 15 | ‘ You and Ratagan could take one out tomorrow , stay for a few days and have a look around at the western fiefs . |
| 16 | Go for the early editions and be ready to act immediately . |
| 17 | When people first come in they go for the raised areas and sit down . |
| 18 | Only one person remarkably said that Oxford United would win by one goal to nil , I think loads of people go for the three ones or the four ones or things like that . |
| 19 | A month after the offensive had begun , a fairly typical internal report — from the Government President of Swabia — eulogized : ‘ All followed the burgeoning world-historical success with breathless tension , proud admiration , and praise for the brave troops and the Führer 's genius . |
| 20 | Anthropologists , following Evans-Pritchard 's lead , have reacted against this way of seeing primitive , or non-literate , peoples , and maintained that they do not act as they do for the same reasons that neurotics act in Western society . |
| 21 | ’ Rainforest ’ turns out to be the squawking tropical bird noise already playing in the Centre , so I settle for the crashing waves and seagull cries of ’ Ocean ’ . |
| 22 | Just voices echoing in the dark ; images that burn for a few centuries and then fade ; stories , old stories that sometimes seem to overlap ; strange links , impertinent connections . |
| 23 | Those who return for the same symptoms or are referred may require more attention . |
| 24 | Now you 've worked through these 12 exercises , lightly jog for a few seconds and remember to jog where you can , whether it 's going for a bus or running up the stairs . |