Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mites tend to go for the smaller workers , probably because of their safer and passively fed lifestyle . |
| 2 | Heinzer , the Mister Nice of the Swiss Team , exploiting an avowed intent to turn Mister Ugly — ‘ I want to go for the big wins ’ — won the first race . |
| 3 | ( Incidentally never forget to plan for the practical needs of the press when you 're drawing up your arrangements . |
| 4 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
| 5 | However , the basic grammatical distinctions here are the categories of first , second and third person , If we were producing a Componential analysis ( for which see Lyons , 1968 : 470-81 ) of Pronominal systems , the features that we seem to need for the known systems would crucially include : for first person , speaker inclusion ( + 5 ) ; for second person , addressee inclusion ( + A ) ; and for third Person , speaker and addressee exclusion ( - S , A ) ( see Burling , 1970 : 14-17 ; Ingram , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | Not all bureau have all the fonts and while most have a good range from the Adobe/Linotype collection few seem to cater for the other vendors such as Monotype , Compugraphic , etc , etc . |
| 7 | ‘ I like to look for the distinctive features of a location , features that we can key into to get a synergy of strengths , ’ she says . |
| 8 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 9 | Remove the meat from the pan and allow to stand for a few minutes before slicing . |
| 10 | Turn off the heat and allow to set for a few minutes . |
| 11 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
| 12 | Allow to dry for a few hours before painting with gold food colouring . |
| 13 | When pasting your template on the piece of veneer selected for the outline — usually a dark wood — try to arrange for the thinnest parts of the design to run along the grain . |
| 14 | She 'd sit in her dressing-gown by the window and try to listen for the electric trams on the distant street , anything to give some kind of shape or structure to her day , but the noise made even this impossible . |
| 15 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |
| 16 | ‘ We aim to care for the local communities in which we operate . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We aim to care for the local communities in which we operate . ’ |
| 18 | Leave to dry for a few hours . |
| 19 | Leave to dry for a few hours or overnight . |
| 20 | Leave to cool for a few minutes , and then add to the processed salmon . |
| 21 | Leave to cool for a few minutes , then turn out onto a wire rack to cool . |
| 22 | Moat put considerable store in this scheme at Three Hills as the the next stage of our partnership er with the Council and erm we are committed to doing the scheme in accordance with your overall master plan that you 've adopted for the Three Hills area er our proposals will com complete the re-development of the vacant sites at Three Hills providing a further a hundred and nine properties for for social housing both for rent and for low cost home ownership . |
| 23 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 25 | We 've known for a hundred years that there were Roman burials in this area . |
| 26 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 27 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 28 | I do n't know who they are — famous men , dead and living , who 've fought for the right things and created and painted in the right way , and unfamous people I know who do n't lie about things , who try not to be lazy , who try to be human and intelligent . |
| 29 | ‘ They tend to head for the middle-of-the-road establishments — still quite cheap but a cut above the red-flock wallpaper places . ’ |
| 30 | In addition , models differ as to the nature of the specialization which they postulate to occur for the two hemispheres . |