Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shall I now wrap myself in the duvet and slip into the shower for a misty out-of-focus silhouette ? ’ |
| 2 | Use as a strewing herb if rats are suspected anywhere , grow in the garden for a similar reason , and put bunches into hen and duck houses to discourage rats from there also . |
| 3 | Disappointed , we put in a request for a signed photograph of himself ‘ head and torso if possible ’ for the ‘ Gallery of Girths ’ section in ‘ Tummy ’ . |
| 4 | They had a couple of people round , but no no nibbles , or I think , yes , I think somebody a silly offer because of course all the property pages and places like that , Daily Telegraph are urging everybody , go on put in an offer for a house , put in a silly offer ! |
| 5 | The eggs hatch in two or three days , and the larvae cling to the leaf for a similar period , unless dislodged by the aeration ( this does them no harm ) . |
| 6 | Some people who sleep alone read , do a crossword , or listen to the radio for a while . |
| 7 | ‘ Sit down and listen to the radio for a bit while I go up and wash . |
| 8 | Wet but not cold , we wait on the quayside for a sighting of the boat . |
| 9 | Even when answers start to emerge , it will be some time before those who depend on the industry for a livelihood — and that includes at least 100,000 Scots — will know whether or not he has sent the right signals in a climate of fierce international competition for scarce oil industry investment funds . |
| 10 | ‘ And I 'm equally sure , ’ McGann went on , ‘ that Bill must have thought us bishops blind to the potential for a Communist threat in this hemisphere … |
| 11 | Look in the library for a copy . |
| 12 | Look in the paper for a job . |
| 13 | But , finding her exclamation had produced no reaction in the only other passenger not comfortably below , save in the stem for a scatter of peasants returning with emptied baskets from Naples , she moved nearer along the ship 's greasy rail . |
| 14 | For fourteen hundred years Hagia Sophia had been a place of worship : it was now debased into an ancient monument , open to the public for a fee . |
| 15 | look at the money for a moment because if you look , when we come to look at the financial commentary , we will be going down the erm er what we spent our training budget on |
| 16 | The bark starts them all off and they howl at the moon for a few minutes . |
| 17 | Cleveland Outlook social activities group , meet at the Treebridge for a bar meal , 8pm . |
| 18 | Cleveland Outlook social activities group , meet at the Treebridge for a bar meal , 8pm . |
| 19 | I peer into the rain for a glimpse of Storskarfjell , but it is all wet misery to the south . |
| 20 | Take my advice , get out the house for a few days . ’ |
| 21 | They would take a lazy bottom turn , stall as they climbed up the wave , then disappear behind the curtain for a second or two , reappearing like actors at the end of a play to take a bow . |
| 22 | But if there is someone else waiting with you , and you feel shy doing some of the more noticeable ones , disappear to the cloakroom for a few minutes and do them there . |
| 23 | ‘ He wo n't let me get up or go out , or even sit in the armchair for a bit , ’ said Dolly . |
| 24 | This is produced by injecting a small dose of the antigen into the body and allowing time for the person to produce antibodies himself , which then remain in the body for a variable time . |
| 25 | Mayflies , for instance , spend most of their lives as underwater feeding larvae , then emerge into the air for a single day into which they cram the whole of their adult lives . |
| 26 | I 'll make a further prediction that if ‘ Eric the Enigma ’ is substitute , Ferguson will pray for the chance to bring him on and bask in the reception for a stylist after Old Trafford 's heart . |
| 27 | The MOd of Defence says every effort will be nmade to find employment for it 's staff , but that the same commitment ca n't be made to civilians employed by the US.Many people in THE surrounding villages rely on the base for a living . |
| 28 | Children can search an area of sea for the wreck of the Mary Rose , for instance , decide on a site for a medieval castle , or play the part of archaeologists excavating an archaeological site , deciding where to excavate and evaluating the evidence of the finds . |
| 29 | He said this did not amount to a demand for a right of veto : ‘ The principle we stick to is that the PLO will be totally out of the picture . ’ |
| 30 | Select a programme and concentrate on the dialogue for a change . |