Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 2 | In most cases asking a child to sit out for a while is sufficient " discipline " providing the drama is interesting enough to draw them back in . |
| 3 | The Boards preferred the wholesale development of rural districts ( rather than piecemeal individual connections ) since this reduced their costs , and they were generally able to use public meetings and written publicity to bring collective pressure on all potential consumers in a village to sign up for a supply , thus making comprehensive zoned development possible . |
| 4 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 5 | Lads who spent the working day in jeans got dressed up in a suit to go out for the night . |
| 6 | Eva said it had taken to wait a month to get in for a Saturday night . |
| 7 | If , it appears , you tell a subject to watch out for a certain item in a series of random sights the subject will seldom be able to recall whatever immediately preceded the watched-for item . |