Example sentences of "[prep] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today 's cost for for a fitter ? |
| 2 | And it was er er too big again for them to b become tied in one place for for a whole six months . |
| 3 | Erm now could you help me on some of the the terminology used because I gather that six of the packages have been or about to be erm priced on the basis of a ascertained costs erm I I just wondered if if that was a sort of euphemism for for a cost plus . |
| 4 | Er apart from , you 'd get a ramble , you know y y you 'd go along for for for for a ramble , er my most most of the time was er made up er by er cooking your grub , you know ? |
| 5 | Can , can we leave that word alone for for a moment cos I think it 's a bit of red herring er , to some degree . |
| 6 | And I I do n't want to spend all night chasing round Blackpool looking for for a place that serves ordinary food of a decent standard . |
| 7 | And you could go and get er a get a good dinner for anybody w yeah when they was poor if they had fish and chips for their dinner you see it never used to cost them all that much for for a dinner . |
| 8 | I really needed these two nuts and bolts for for a chair I 'm making at home . |
| 9 | Erm there 's tremendous pressures I think for for a mother particularly erm at the early stage in the marriage when she has young children at home . |
| 10 | Well you could n't er the men were hired on the farms for for a term of six months you know . |
| 11 | And what was it like for for a bairn on on Pharay ? |
| 12 | This subcontractor has worked for for a number of years . |
| 13 | Usually , but perhaps not necessarily , this right was earned by the student through the performance of some service , far and away the commonest form of which was acting as or repetiteur for a muderris , though one occasionally also finds students becoming through acting as for a kazasker or for the Mufti . |
| 14 | The amplitude of the change in proper path length is given by eqn ( 10.14 ) as for a wave of amplitude h and wavelength λ , where l is the unperturbed path length . |
| 15 | Before offering accommodation try to ascertain any preference the guest may have , such as for a room with a view or a room away from traffic and noise . |
| 16 | She 's you know she do n't get what you 're on about for a minute . |
| 17 | The new TV channel that has been talked about for a while will be named ‘ The Manchester United channel ’ and will outbid the BBC for the right to be channel no.1 and will have a completely unbiased opinion of football ( just like the BBC ) |
| 18 | I mean perhaps Colin you 'd talk about for a moment . |
| 19 | Talked about for a week afterwards ? |
| 20 | And sometimes Madame would just decide that we all needed a change and there 'd be paint ordered and people would come in during the day and work for a couple of days and the whole place would be done out for a party or a festival . |
| 21 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 22 | They released me for the day and I sat in a cab desperately trying to keep calm whilst my mind raced through the practicalities of getting Mum back — cancelling the filming , getting the kids looked after for a while if … |
| 23 | He and his wife retired to Countess Street , in Heaviley , not far from the buildings and fields he had looked after for a lifetime so conscientiously , with cheerful whistle and every-ready smile . |
| 24 | The German government 's aim of for a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 30 per cent on 1987 levels by the year 2005 is likely to fall short of expectations . |
| 25 | A typical example would be : How many uses can you think of for a brick ( or a paper clip ) ? |
| 26 | According to Institute statistics , it was almost unheard of for a member to go into an IVA until two years ago , but in 1991 23 IVAs were reported , last year the number soared to 56 , and by half way through January , the 1993 total was already into double figures . |
| 27 | The appointment of a slave to the office of Grand Vezir in 857/1453 , however , set the seal on the tendency to man the highest offices of the central administration , the vezirliks , with slaves ; and though it was by no means unheard of for a member of the ulema thereafter to hold a vezirlik , one begins to see the development of a separate hierarchy more or less confined to members of the ulema , the highest offices in which , known as were an end in themselves and not mere stepping-stones to high office in other areas such as the central administration . |
| 28 | The association has stated clearly that it is up to British Rail — and , perhaps , the Government — to take such dangers into account if they wish to increase railway speeds , as many of us would like , and to ensure that people can cross the line safely , even if that means the Government providing the money either for an underpass of for a bridge over the line . |
| 29 | ‘ Not to be thought of for a moment . |
| 30 | It 's unheard of for a two-year-old to race against older horses in America , but my horse has done well and I hope more will follow us over . |