Example sentences of "for [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the extra you get a neck-mounted passive pickup , tone and volume controls and strap button input socket , but there are improvements in the quality of the finish , too . |
| 2 | For the male it means a vasectomy — the cutting or tying of the male 's sperm ducts . |
| 3 | This meant that while from our side they appeared cautious and reactionary , for the Board they provided a cheerful dawn chorus to which it could always confidently wake up . |
| 4 | A hospital has been criticised for the way it treated a seventy nine year old woman who had cancer . |
| 5 | Sometimes they made love brilliantly , and for the rest they acknowledged a pleasure in each other , and a deep need for the comfort that each brought , in bed or out of it . |
| 6 | For the headmaster he did a great act as the old-style schoolboy of the boys ’ weeklies : ‘ Play up , play up , and play the game ’ , and all that kind of thing . |
| 7 | So for the animal-watcher it becomes a challenge , with every brightly coloured species encountered , to find out what particular advantage there is in giving up the quiet life and facing daily exposure . |
| 8 | For the defendant it means a life without the restrictions and overcrowding of prison , where the only contact with the family is at visiting times . |
| 9 | For the moment it seemed a simple enough experiment to do . ) |
| 10 | gets the odd enquiry about becoming a guide and she meets those interested to explain about the job , but for the moment she has a full complement of volunteers . |
| 11 | Can fo , can we for the moment you have a a specific task Andrew |
| 12 | For the sauce you make a roux , taking a knob of butter , an equivalent weight of flour and the saffron , and dissolving them in a bain-marie ; then add some of the warm mussel juice slowly , stirring all the time . |
| 13 | In a mail-order advertisement for the book he makes a unique offer : ‘ Tick box if you would like your boob personally signed by Noel Edmonds . ’ |
| 14 | If the person is over.qualified for the job we have a bonus . |
| 15 | For a second she felt a frisson of fear . |
| 16 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 17 | Lord Mount Charles tells me : ‘ For a first-timer I got a good result . |
| 18 | As the setting for a love-scene it has a great deal to be desired , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 19 | Going away for a night they need a furniture van . |
| 20 | I 'm for a lager I think a lager |
| 21 | ‘ But for a virgin you have a highly expressive body . |
| 22 | For a while he seemed a shy figure hovering on the borders of a conversation , longing to take part in it , to belong . |
| 23 | For a while it proved a highly successful combination , but eventually it became apparent that the Japanese spirit could not compensate for inferiority in industrial strength and natural resources in dispelling any sense of national insecurity . |
| 24 | For a while I became a part of their lives . |
| 25 | For a while I had a glorious feeling of anonymity , then the corporal , still shouting , glanced back . |
| 26 | Moreover for a year he shared a stage with one of the greatest and the best-loved English stage actors of the century . |
| 27 | Well , for a pound you have a much better chance of a big win on the football pools than on horses , but that 's purely because of the odds offered . |
| 28 | For a moment I had a ridiculous sense of anti-climax . |
| 29 | Lili looked at her squarely , and for a moment I entertained a mad hope that she would deny this , would announce that my engagement was a travesty and a cruelty , would say that she was going to take me away and teach me how to dress or to dance . |
| 30 | For a moment I expected a knuckle-rapping response , but after a brief hesitation , he said , ‘ My verse was obscure because I was obscure to myself . |