Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv prt] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not no y you using a you put a boiler in for a purpose , is to heat your water up in n it ? |
| 2 | It 's it is a nationwide survey on spoken English erm there 's a somebody approached me today and said would I carry a tape around for a week and record people talking . |
| 3 | We are misled time after time after time when people have problems like they 're having their vehicle serviced , it 's put a claim in for a water pump , and have the cost of their service paid for . |
| 4 | In for a penny in for a pound ! |
| 5 | At one time we would have to hire a man in for a month , eating with us but sleeping in the barn . |
| 6 | St Helens prop Kevin Ward is struggling to be fit for Sunday 's Regal Trophy first round tie against Leeds at Knowsley Road because of a neck injury , but New Zealander George Mann could return to the pack after a being out for a month with back trouble . |
| 7 | And yet 15 or 20 years ago he would still be playing non-League stuff and carrying a hod around for a living . |
| 8 | This could be a way out for a couple unable to have children because of the wife 's inability to bear a child . |
| 9 | Failing to see this masked sign , a family out for a drive goes on to the crossing at the very same moment as a rare Leopold 's Toad , and runs it over . |
| 10 | To qualify to play Karpov , Short had to beat Boris Gelfand , another product of the Soviet school , who refused to allow Praedrag Nikolic of Yugoslavia , his previous opponent , a time out for a family funeral . |