Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was quite different , however , when through parental death or disaster a grandchild went for a time to be brought up by grandparents . |
| 2 | At 12.15 I was due at a function to pose for a photocall to launch a twenty-four-hour helpline for a worthy and deserving charity . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll have a long series of locks to navigate later — a bit trying for a novice . |
| 4 | Imagine : I was a bit pissed for a start , the object of my complete love was nesting in my rear-view mirror , the corpulent groom — my best friend — who had spent three weeks pleasuring her in the Hellenic sunshine was sitting beside me with a clank of duty-free between his calves , I 'd lost my job , and the other drivers on the road were all tuning up for Formula One . |
| 5 | Outside in the passage Ferris was prancing gently on his toes like a runner limbering for a race . |
| 6 | It seems to be fairly common practice if a taxpayer dies for a deed of family arrangement or deed of variation to be entered into under which , for instance , the children receive £150,000 ( this is the nil-rate band for inheritance tax purposes effective from 10 March 1992 ) and for the balance of the assets to be left to the surviving spouse . |
| 7 | One peasant walked 15 versts to get Yakovlev to act on a building designated for a school that was still occupied by an influential peasant . |
| 8 | The origin of the present-day adult deaf organisational network was sowed one Sunday evening in 1822 in St. Andrew 's Square , Glasgow where John Anderson , former Headmaster of the Glasgow Institution for the deaf who was now teaching privately from his house in St. Andrew 's Square , held a prayer meeting for a number of pupils and adults . |
| 9 | A scientist working for a Moscow chemical research institute was arrested on Oct. 22 under article 75 of the RSFSR Criminal Code , which encompassed revealing state secrets . |
| 10 | And when your client is buying from executors or administrators , remember , as you make your notes on title , to include a reminder to make a requisition asking for a memorandum of the conveyance to your client to be endorsed on the probate or letters of administration on completion , and to be furnished with a copy . |
| 11 | A character , a cow sold for a bag of beans . |
| 12 | A cow sold for a bag of beans , what pantomime was that in , a cow sold for a bag of beans . |
| 13 | A cow sold for a bag of beans , what pantomime was that in , a cow sold for a bag of beans . |
| 14 | A cow sold for a bag of beans . |
| 15 | This does not mean that they are eminent all scholars ( a term reserved for a handful of rare spirits — like Albert Einstein , Bertrand Russell and others — who have shattered the frontiers of human knowledge , earning world-wide distinction by their intellectual endeavours ) . |
| 16 | Try pulling one of the other 's single doors open on a mountain in a gale waiting for a gust to catch it and snap the stay . |
| 17 | Like a poet seeking for a rhyme . |
| 18 | In the Paris of the 19th century , it was a pleasure to go for a stroll and to be delighted by the public buildings . |
| 19 | Prince has been elevated by success to a level beyond that of a musician working for a living . |
| 20 | The last point is demonstrated by the fact that according to Johnson 's definition neither a lawyer working for a company nor a lawyer working for a neighbourhood centre would be a professional . |
| 21 | The last point is demonstrated by the fact that according to Johnson 's definition neither a lawyer working for a company nor a lawyer working for a neighbourhood centre would be a professional . |
| 22 | While he stood in amazement and distress Simon moved quietly about like a hound searching for a line . |
| 23 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 24 | A girl goes for a walk . |
| 25 | It appears that one Christmas a stockbroker searching for a present went into a pet shop in the Square Mile . |
| 26 | The tube workers had a whip-round to pay for a taxi to the railway station . |
| 27 | In the early 1970s that committee was , in one officer 's words , ‘ a committee waiting for a job ’ . |
| 28 | I told him the captain was out walking , and the man waited , like a cat waiting for a mouse . |
| 29 | Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) . |
| 30 | With Birmingham needing just a point to qualify for a place in Europe , 32-year-old Thomas replaces Andy Gosney , who is out for a month because of damaged shoulder ligaments . |