Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | How will you go about lavishly praising people for giving up their time to attend the meeting ? |
| 2 | I could , I would very much like Works for Windows some time . |
| 3 | Ceauşescu could not wage war against foreign enemies — his neighbours after all were his fraternal allies — so he could only provide means for his ambitious plans by waging economic war against his own people . |
| 4 | She lives with her husband and four children in Liphook and is hoping enough people will sponsor her run to raise a much needed £18,000 for the West Sussex Macmillan Service , which includes Haslemere , Hindhead and Liphook in its area . |
| 5 | When he allowed his prime minister to make reassuring comments about France 's continuing role in Algeria or when he himself encouraged rumours that self-determination was just window-dressing for the UN , he was not merely deceiving people for the sake of his Algerian policy ; he was fulfilling what he regarded as one of the state 's sacred responsibilities : to keep the fabric of national unity intact . |
| 6 | If the shares were only partly paid , for example if S had only contributed £150 for his 200 shares , then his liability would be £50 . |
| 7 | But the fee is still likely to go to an independent tribunal with Forest apparently asking £3m for their former manager 's son . |
| 8 | But other customers would only pay £17 for dinner and £8 for breakfast , a total of £25 . |
| 9 | Though Young could have reasonably expected a bishopric , he was repeatedly passed over and in 1626 apparently offered £15,000 for the vacant see of Winchester . |
| 10 | On the Lineker transfer , quoting from Mr Sugar 's sworn statement , Mr Mann said : ‘ Another example of Mr Venables ’ so called mastery of the transfer system was when I realised Tottenham were only receiving £850,000 for Lineker , as opposed to the £4m that I understood we were to get . |
| 11 | When she said that she only wanted £10 for looking after little Doris , and that her mother could come and visit as often as she liked , a deal was struck and a tearful Evalina waved goodbye to Mrs Stanfield and her small daughter . |
| 12 | The famous hospital gets all royalties from the books , and has already received £287,000 for the film . |
| 13 | The justice of his interpretation of the fascist state has been , and is , fiercely disputed , and I will not discuss it.i For its contours are set by Poulantzas ' more general conception of the state , and it is here that he is most explicit in trying to put Althusser 's theory to work . |
| 14 | Yeah well the thing about Simon that 's excellent is that he just accepts people for what they are and he does n't judge people |
| 15 | Normally costing £4 for 125g , this pack is available to best readers at the special price of £3 p&p inclusive . |
| 16 | Ian did not collect £200 for his efforts , but picked up a deluxe Franklin Mint Monopoly set . |
| 17 | Sudden Tan can be used on your face and body and normally costs £5.06 for 125ml — but we 've got 200 to give away . |
| 18 | It normally costs £2.45 for 100ml but we 've got 500 to give away . |
| 19 | Gridelin Rainwater Shampoo normally costs £2.50 for 200ml but we 've got 50 tubs to give way . |
| 20 | ‘ D' you normally follow people for no reason ? ’ |
| 21 | The set-ups illustrated allow you to comfortably transport fish for long distances , and also serve as an emergency tank in the vent of a power failure . |
| 22 | Surprisingly , his library did not contain works for flute . |
| 23 | And a £1 million restoration fund has already raised £400,000 for vital repairs . |
| 24 | Sir Bryan Carsberg , director general of Telecommunications , gave the order because operators had not raised £660,000 for a compensation fund to pay those whose phones had been used without permission . |
| 25 | For instance , you 've decided to run the TriAxis through a couple of Boogie combos ( sorry , I 've just spent £4,500 for you ! ) . |
| 26 | Oh well — at least they 're not charging £11.99 for it . |
| 27 | You can not blame people for being defensive . |
| 28 | Of course , it had made a bloody marvellous spectacle — not to mention £125,000 for doing absolutely nothing — but ‘ the boys ’ were growing increasingly restive at having their records , and themselves , banned . |
| 29 | This does not mean that we can not be friends with an unbeliever — obviously , we can not reach people for Christ if we insulate ourselves from non-Christian company . |
| 30 | ‘ Any person who on any premises — as aforesaid , carries on an offensive trade without such consent , if any , as at the date of establishment of the trade was required by subsection ( 1 ) of this section … shall be liable for a fine not exceeding £5 for every day on which he carried on the trade — after receiving notice from the local authority to discontinue the trade ’ . |