Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 2 | If you like bright foliage , then try to find space for the showy ornamental grass Arundinaria viridistriata with its longitudinally striped leaves in bright yellow and green . |
| 3 | This preference is shown up in growing governmental preference for the many variants of NFI , in which a local enterprise associates with a foreign partner ( or sometimes with two as in Brazil where Tintas Renas teamed up with both ICI and Dupont to produce paint for the local market ) . |
| 4 | The Games , already destined to be the largest ever , now have to find room for the extra 3,306 competitors and officials registered by the end of last month , bringing the total to 18,306 . |
| 5 | Three of the Queensland team — Mark Catchpole , Brett Johnstone and Brenton Fielke , all of whom were in Dubai — have won selection for the Australian side for the tournament in Fiji this weekend , as the XV-a-side world champions continue to experiment with Hong Kong and Murrayfield in mind . |
| 6 | But , even when we have made allowance for the exaggerated impressions of a boy of fifteen , recollected many years later , it may be taken as evidence that Lanfranc and his handful of monks from Bec and Caen met not only with hostility , but also with a good deal of successful resistance . |
| 7 | Projects under way include providing equipment for the new King Saud University being built in Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ The Emirates have provided funding for the French to develop a special version of their Leclerc tank equipped with an MTU engine , similar to that used in the Leopard 2 . |
| 9 | I assure the hon. Gentleman that since we have been in office we have increased expenditure for the Cumbrian police authority by 80 per cent . |
| 10 | We have increased funding for the cardiac services this year by a quarter bringing the total to £20 million . |
| 11 | Business studies have taken precedence for the 25-year-old Stokesley sprinter thus far into the season , but she steps belatedly on to the Olympic trail at Stanley Park on Sunday . |
| 12 | They refuse to take credit for the undoubted achievements of the service and retreat into such self-evident absurdities as ‘ the health service is on the verge of collapse ’ . |