Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a look round for the fag packet , but it 's gone . |
| 2 | And made a gallery round for the Sunday school . |
| 3 | But it is no secret that the Government 's hopes rested on a thumbs down for the DUP and Sinn Fein , both considered formidable obstacles on the road to a political accommodation . |
| 4 | Techno music is illegal on the Isle Of Man , where there is a warrant out for the arrest of many top stars including Kraftwerk , Joey Beltram , Inner City and , due to a technical error , Ned 's Atomic Dustbin . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a warrant out for the arrest of Michael Green . ’ |
| 6 | When his father died he felt nothing and had done nothing more than take a day off for the funeral . |
| 7 | The situation was touched with sadness ( the trip was ostensibly a day out for the girl , thus implying the limitations of her life 's experience ) and the photographs of the girl snatched by an opportunist art student for later exhibition had more to do with the exploitation of human life by art than with mental handicap . |
| 8 | The second annual dinner at Henley College was again a sell- out for the Thames Valley Branch , with over 50 member sand guests enjoying another excellent evening . |
| 9 | That would be a turn up for the books , would n't it , if my uncle married your foster sister ? ’ |
| 10 | but my instructions were that what the deputy ordered , and I used to make a book up for the yardmen to prepare these . |
| 11 | Putting a hand out for the clock , she found it was only a quarter to eight . |
| 12 | ‘ Yeah , to a large degree I still scoop a lot out for the rhythm sound , but for lead I add a bit of mid . |
| 13 | Letter : A way out for the elephants |
| 14 | ‘ Now 's the time to nail my colours to the mast , throw away the scabbard , buckle to , go the whole hog , cross the Rubicon , grab the bull by the horns , put my shoulder to the wheel and leave a note out for the milkman . ’ |
| 15 | Now , finally , a new order seems to be emerging , for which a big debt of gratitude is owed to Donovan Razor Ruddock and Britain 's Lennox Lewis for daring to have a face off for the chance to get a title shot . |