Example sentences of "and [vb pp] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When they were told that he was still at lunch , Morton thought that Bragg would explode , but he controlled himself and settled for a middle-aged assistant . |
| 32 | It is rather Britain that has chosen the Italian road and opted for a one-party state that may soon have more difficulty in government than it imagines . |
| 33 | The 1990/91 budget proposed by the Labour government on July 24 , 1990 , stressed social spending and provided for a new benefit targeted on low-income families , for a new universal benefit to include unemployment , and for higher spending on education and health . |
| 34 | Hence , no matter how competitive labour and commodity markets are ( Keynes assumed perfect competition in the former and allowed for a high degree of competition in the latter ) , imbalances between the supply of and demand for labour would not be rectified through spontaneous variations in the real wage rate . |
| 35 | In 1758 he published the following ‘ Verses occasion 'd by a barbarous Disappointment that the Author lately met with ; wrote extempore , and left for a certain Gentleman , at his House ’ : |
| 36 | If the kite turns either way left or right , then increase the pull on the opposite side , right for turning to the right and left for a left turn . |
| 37 | A spiral corkscrew perm that just has to be washed and left for a full-bodied look . |
| 38 | The temporary nature of her job , staying only a few weeks at any one place , meant she had met and worked for a wide variety of men . |
| 39 | Short-term wage work is work that is paid for and contracted for a specific period of time , whether that be a day or a season . |
| 40 | But Laura herself quietly went in the next day , spent hours cleaning up the mess and advertised for a new manageress . |
| 41 | ‘ I was thinking , ’ he said , then spooned some more of the green-brown mixture into his face and chewed for a long time . |
| 42 | Another exodus began at 6.30 a.m. on 1 September 1939 , when Glasgow children began assembling at 57 schools , 70,000 weans scrubbed and labelled for a bewildering adventure . |
| 43 | Malc 's Mom held a small reception for us , doing the catering herself ( potted meat sandwiches with the crusts cut off ) and paid for a four-day honeymoon in Blackpool , where the landlady would sell us contraceptives — I was n't showing , and pride forced us to put on an act — but said we were too young to smoke and refused us cigarettes . |
| 44 | The resources made available to the peasantry to purchase land through the Peasant Bank ( 1883 ) were niggardly compared to those available to the nobility , and accounted for a small proportion of the land the peasants managed to acquire . |