Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 2 | We asked for nothing but a few gestures — |
| 3 | So while interpreters working from spoken English to sign language are called upon to work for nothing as a service to these normal , intelligent ‘ disabled ’ people , those in the foreign spoken language interpretive role , where language users are equal , may rise to occupy one of the highest status roles in diplomacy , and correspondingly command high financial rewards . |
| 4 | Every man jack has to work ten days each year for nothing as a kind of tax . |
| 5 | No one can be quite I happy in an ill-planned house any more than in ill-fitting clothes , and although the ‘ cut' ’ and ‘ ‘ style , ’ are much , they count for nothing in a garment which pinches and annoys the wearer in a hundred ways … |
| 6 | A fortnight ago , the Norwich Union East Champions lost to Redbridge and Ilford , who Chelmsford have beaten this season , but form would count for nothing in a derby game , he insisted . |
| 7 | Having dedicated so much energy to his love of Shakespeare , Berlioz wrote his adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing with a careful sense of how much speech should surround the musical numbers . |
| 8 | WONDERFUL NEWS FOR EVERYONE WITH A BOUNCING , HUNGRY , INQUISITIVE , SLEEPY , WIDE AWAKE , GURGLING , CHEWING , THIRSTY , SMILING , BABY |
| 9 | The most famous of the town 's shopping areas is The Lanes : an inviting labyrinth of seventeenth century red-brick streets full of antique shops , jewellers , perfumeries , fine china and stores for everyone with a passion for fashion . |
| 10 | As socialists we would demand decent and secure housing for everyone at a reasonable cost , but the difficulty arises when we consider what we can demand specifically as women without simply constructing an alternative women 's culture or further reinforcing women 's place in the home . |
| 11 | These would provide accident and emergency service for everyone at a given sum per year and meet certain quality criteria . |
| 12 | " She looking for someone for a job ? " |
| 13 | For someone with a good reading knowledge of German and Anglo-Saxon , the coguate tongue of Norse offered few difficulties . |
| 14 | Much as he admired schoolgirls , flouting the law was too much of a risk for someone with a public image . |
| 15 | The post would be appropriate for someone with a background in the private or public sectors . |
| 16 | She did n't know how long it would take for someone with a gun to get into position to fire at her , so she took another deep breath , and threw herself away from the buoy , cutting under the surface as she headed for the opening . |
| 17 | The Building Management Committee seeks Chartered Builders who are experienced managers in the industry and the Facilities Management Committee has a vacancy for someone with a dual CIOB/CIBSE qualification . |
| 18 | If you are making the cake for someone with a pony or with a favourite horse character in a book , make the ponies in the stable in their appropriate colours , and pipe the names over the doors . |
| 19 | The levy is nine per cent of the personal taxation level , meaning that most tax-payers contribute between two and four per cent of their incomes to the church ( or about £1,000 a year for someone on a £30,000 salary ) . |
| 20 | People who have had experience of caring for someone on a long-term basis stress how important it is to lay down certain ‘ house rules ’ beforehand . |
| 21 | ‘ We are looking for someone on a consultancy basis to advise on above and below-the-line campaigns , but there may be several arms to that , ’ McDevitt adds . |
| 22 | For someone on a low income , weekly credit payments of £5 might be a heavy burden — though virtually imperceptible for someone on a high income . |
| 23 | For someone on a low income , weekly credit payments of £5 might be a heavy burden — though virtually imperceptible for someone on a high income . |
| 24 | The time for someone on a star will be different from that for someone at a distance , because of the gravitational field of the star . |
| 25 | The time for someone on a star will be different from that for someone at a distance , because of the gravitational field of the star . |
| 26 | ‘ Such conduct was clearly not acceptable for someone in a position of authority in a public company . ’ |
| 27 | It is all too easy for someone in a position of influence to think they are there simply by virtue of their own ability . |
| 28 | I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything ! |
| 29 | Despite these fluctuations in his status I remember him fondly on his infrequent leaves as someone with a great sense of fun . |
| 30 | Speaking as someone with a job I 've got to be very careful about giving advice to people who are in a much worse situation than myself , but from the research we did erm it is clear that it 's very important erm not just to sink in and dwell on your problems , not just to erm stay at home , not meeting other people , not engaging in activities . |