Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] for the " 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 There are always people on this land : a boy sitting on a grazing buffalo , a girl cutting short , dusty grass with a sharp hand-held hoe , filling a basket to take home for the oxen .
3 If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ?
4 Lads who spent the working day in jeans got dressed up in a suit to go out for the night .
5 There is a commitment to do more for the environment .
6 OK , so he drops the charm at every commercial break often deserting a guest to make straight for the waiting make-up girls .
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