Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb base] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Though the Lions ' backs have the credentials and Winterbottom and Dean Richards have been in the heat of a Lions Test scrum , there are six forwards who will be experiencing a Lions Test for the first time .
2 Torrance , who has played in the last six Ryder Cup matches and badly wants to figure in the next at the Belfry in September , shot his 69 despite having a nose bleed for the first time in his life early in the morning , then again on the course .
3 ‘ Actually it 's a tax dodge for the Prime Minister , ’ Scott said smugly .
4 ‘ When I come out of a house having heard a victim laugh for the first time since it all happened — I know that 's why I do it , ’ she says .
5 Copies of the charter were being given out during the rush hour at Darlington but connections proved not to be the best with an hour wait for the next train south .
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