Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Westwood offers an account of how the structures of gender , ethnicity and class fit together for a specific group of women workers . |
| 2 | For more recipe ideas send away for a free booklet to ‘ Salads through the seasons ’ |
| 3 | Send NOW for a FREE sample issue to : Lettres ( UK ) Ltd , Department ZA02 , 61 Old Street , London EC1V 9HX . |
| 4 | There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place . |
| 5 | Most yearn instead for a caring lover who would become a considerate family man in later life . |
| 6 | Each June a group of Duannians meet together for an informal reunion . |
| 7 | An effective history teacher needs to be able to spot the potential of particular pieces of evidence and select carefully for a particular task . |
| 8 | You sit there , then you get up and you walk to one end of your cell , which is n't very far , stand there for a little while , then you walk back , look out the window , and all the thoughts go through your mind — I could be out there , your children , friends , what you 'd be doing if you was out there . |
| 9 | ( In the same way , most mathematicians reject the purely formalist , symbolic , view of mathematics and opt instead for a Platonic picture that ascribes an ‘ existence ’ to such abstract notions as integers , irrational numbers and groups . ) |
| 10 | There is a real feel here for a developing area of research , which avoids giving a misleading impression that the current state of the art provides any ultimate answers , handed down on tablets of stone from above . |
| 11 | ‘ I do enjoy my job serving the customers because of the way some of them ask sheepishly for a jokey item , ’ says Jenny . |
| 12 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 13 | Many people with HIV stay well for a long time and you would never know they had the virus . |
| 14 | There was more bad news on the health front as they were the least likely to say they try hard for a healthy diet ( 37pc compared with 24pc ) . |
| 15 | I lay there for a long time unhappy and hardly noticing the daily noises of the block assembling round me . |
| 16 | I lay there for a long time thinking about that , the loud insistence of the Mexican music from across the way drumming in my ears and gradually merging into the crashing ice of layering floes as my mind drifted into a fantasy of trekking with Iris Sunderby towards the dim outline of an icicle-festooned ghost of a ship , the man at the helm towering like a giant question mark over my jet-lagged brain . |
| 17 | A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’ |
| 18 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 19 | Write or call now for a comprehensive information pack or to arrange a showhouse visit . |
| 20 | Call today for a free brochure . |
| 21 | Also , avoid backgrounds in which individual voices can be clearly heard ; aim instead for a general babble . |
| 22 | Groups come together for a specific reason and this reason should run like a thread through the liturgy as well as linking it to the whole community of the Church . |
| 23 | After one or two attempts they can change over until all join together for a big finish . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ People come here for a good night out , the restaurant is always busy and we are opening a new betting shop at the track where punters will be able to place bets tax free . |
| 25 | We will help those that we have to help legally , or perhaps those whom people want to help , but we will not have foisted upon us those who come here for a good time and a good life . |
| 26 | As in the UK , researchers who need more for a specific project can also go to funding agencies which can be public , such as the German Research Society ( Deutsche Forschungs gemeinschaft or DFG ) , or private — the Volkswagen research fund is the biggest of these . |
| 27 | So plan now for a wonderful display next summer , but use the winter to make a plant trough to bring colour to paved or gravelled areas . |
| 28 | As far as those who not only do this but also work exclusively for a single organization are concerned , it makes the distinction between them and the regular employees of that organization an unclear and almost unreal one . |