Example sentences of "you [vb base] [art] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now when you pick a paw pear before prickling when you pick a pawpaw for a prickly pear and you pick the wrong pear next time beware ! |
| 2 | Oh you mean the lining for the wedding , the bridesmaid dress . |
| 3 | Haymaking , now that was an important event in the life of the dale — still is for me — because that 's when you harvest the fodder for the animals when winter comes and there is no grazing to be had . |
| 4 | All right let's see if we can get you a bugler nobody 's ringing at the moment but you want a bugler for a week on Sunday the fourteenth to blow reveille and the Last Post at eleven o'clock and twelve o'clock a week on Sunday at Calverton in Nottinghamshire . |
| 5 | Er so you want a bugler for the Last Post . |
| 6 | If you want a cure for the rheum in your knee , an ache in your head , or your stomach is churned up by bad humours , I can do it . |
| 7 | You swap a coin for a fish on the way home . |
| 8 | If you receive a call for the Directorate , always call them Mr. ie. Mr Rushton , Mr Marwick , etc . |
| 9 | We would be grateful if you reimburse the hotel for the bed ( £45 ) . |
| 10 | When you conduct a symphony for the first time you may fear a breakdown in every bar . |
| 11 | You ca n't , you ca n't , you ca n't have one rule for the forward and one rule for the backward , it 's got to be the same rules for all , so you restrict the input for the forward function . |
| 12 | are you in possession , that you 're aware of any documents where you issue a request for the brochure to be updated in September nineteen eighty six or September nineteen eighty seven is there any document either in your possession or one you would get by another , from your request for updating these brochures |
| 13 | ‘ You mistake the story for the realities , ’ said Halema . |
| 14 | When you select an item for a programme , consider how it will contribute to your goal and how it could affect mood and outlook . |
| 15 | You do n't have to carry that with you like a millstone for the rest of your life . |
| 16 | One of the other things , of course , we 've got to always bear in mind when we und , try to understand the parables of Jesus is that you can not , and Jesus never meant for us , to find us u our , you know a parallel for every single little detail , the for for the colour of this , or the colour of that , or th the shape of something else , he did n't expect us and did n't mean for us to find out a pa a a parallel , a meaning for every single detail because otherwise you 're gon na be contradicting yourself again and again but what we must see is , what is the main basic truth that Jesus is teaching here ? |
| 17 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |
| 18 | You have lost nothing if you get a horse for an ass , a noble action for a small piece of money . |
| 19 | You do n't tend to get it in memory and problem solving , although you get the forest for the trees in problem solving so I suppose it 's there in a way . |
| 20 | If the calf dies , you will wish you were not wearing them either , although they may help you as you dig a hole for the body . |
| 21 | When you find an answer for the function , at a particular number , erm I would |
| 22 | If you allow , if you allow an hour for a meal in the coffee rooms |
| 23 | If you roll a misfire for the bounce the cannon ball has stuck in the ground and does not bounce . |
| 24 | If all this excitement drains you and you feel the need for a caffeine boost try the marble interior of Bewley 's coffee house on Grafton St. For something more wholesome , try Colony 's just down the road , where you can find vegetarian food , which is notoriously hard to track down in Dublin . |
| 25 | After your death , from Tyson 's Tension , you become a hero for the National Lysdexia [ sic ] Foundation . |
| 26 | But if you leave a child for a few minutes he may find the pills you keep in the bedside drawer and poison himself . |
| 27 | As soon as you publish a list for the exceptional circumstances it it will be overtaken by er evolving new forms of development for example . |
| 28 | You take the wheel for a spell . ’ |
| 29 | That 's right , yes , every time you answer the telephone for an external call , when you pick up the telephone , you are representing Oxford University Press , it does n't matter who you are , and it does n't matter where you are , it does n't matter whether you 're in Eynsham , in Walton Street , in Corby , anywhere . |
| 30 | If you buy a suit for a friend 's wedding , could you wear the jacket with jeans or plain twill pants ? |