Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3 Meanwhile , place the crumbled bread in a small bowl , sprinkle over the milk and leave for 10–15 minutes . |
| 2 | The actual size of the rise or fall for any given value for t will depend upon the variances of the aggregate and relative demand shocks . |
| 3 | The buyer did not repudiate the contract but pressed for early delivery . |
| 4 | The decision whether to ask for more money from the Home Office will be made by a special panel who meet on June 25 to discuss the issue , as well as deciding how to fund new security cameras for Warrington and police pay rises . |
| 5 | Most members of the elite accepted the contrast or worked for gradual reform . |
| 6 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 7 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 8 | Tutors are normally put forward by each department or school contributing to the Course and serve for two years . |
| 9 | Now comes the part that calls for real concentration and a steady hand — applying the glue or adhesive . |
| 10 | Yet she could see nothing in the future but hurt for both of them . |
| 11 | Well , I think a lot of what happens in the academic world is , and my guess is the fundamental reason they get away with it , is that young people wo n't buy much , spending their own money on it , and I think if they were , you could n't serve up a lot of the crap that passes for higher education today . |
| 12 | Raising the trapdoor a little more so he could see out , he cautiously pushed out the barrel of the shotgun and checked for any sign of enemy personnel , as best as he could in his limited field of vision . |
| 13 | Various parties and groups were established 1989 and 1990 in Nepal itself to oppose the programme and to press for democratic reforms . |
| 14 | She expressed a warm opinion of the piece and asked for more of her work . |
| 15 | Loretta was about to knock on the window and ask for further directions , when she shrugged and gave up . |
| 16 | Any form of exercise which increase the speed of the heartbeat and lasts for 15 minutes will qualify . |
| 17 | Baits need to be anchored well on the bottom and left for long periods and leger tactics are more likely to succeed than the float . |
| 18 | " Very well ; but , as we are going to the islands where there is such a darkness that a spoon might stand up in it , we must first go to the bright home of the sun and ask for one of his rays . " |
| 19 | Fabia got into the vehicle and wondered for some moments about his employer . |
| 20 | Then a man-at-arms whom they recognised as being one of the leaders of the expedition reappeared in the village and stayed for several days . |
| 21 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 22 | Pour off most of the oil from the pan , add the garlic and cook for 1 minute . |
| 23 | Meanwhile heat the remaining butter in a frying pan , add the garlic and cook for 1 minute . |
| 24 | The severe drought conditions of Southern Africa have dominated the scene and account for 4 of this year 's work . |
| 25 | the cabinet , there it is showing on the left-hand wall there , Lot number ninety five is showing for a hundred pounds , at one hundred and ten , twenty at one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and thirty , forty , fifty , sixty one seventy for the lady sir one eighty standing one ninety two hundred , two twenty for the lady two hundred and twenty , two forty two sixty two hundred and sixty and it 's still with the lady and selling for two hundred and sixty pounds eight forty , thank you , two sixty . |
| 26 | Suppose we take our previous sentence The cat sat on the mat and substitute for one of its constituent parts , cat , a different , but syntactically identical , element such as dog . |
| 27 | Baillie-Stewart had renounced his British citizenship before the war and applied for German naturalisation , a gesture which was to save his life in 1946 . |
| 28 | Melt the butter in a saucepan , stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute . |
| 29 | Melt 2 oz butter in saucepan , add the flour and cook for 1 minute . |
| 30 | Melt the butter in a pan , stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute . |