Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italian was in the process of being shown the red card himself for a crunching tackle on Walsh when the Pompey striker hit back angrily . |
| 2 | And he only d id it for a reaction . |
| 3 | One by one Europe 's heroes began to climb off the floor and mount a furious offensive which for a time at least threatened to overpower their rivals . |
| 4 | These provided work which for a time helped to stop young people leaving the Highlands . |
| 5 | Whether the West 's prerogatives are real , and whether or not they are exercised , the resolution of the territorial controversy has removed the one bone of contention which for a time made the Warsaw Pact a community of shared anxiety . |
| 6 | If you would like to know more about it — and you have checked that your employer would be prepared to allow SCOTVEC to second you for a maximum of 15 days per year — contact Andrew Burt on . |
| 7 | We 'll blackball him for a start |
| 8 | I was a little bit of a skinhead myself for a while . |
| 9 | The leader seemed to eye them for a moment , then he spoke briefly . |
| 10 | Kite was six under par when he inflicted on Clark the worst defeat in Ryder Cup singles history and in the process handed his side the initiative which for a time seemed it would n't relinquish . |
| 11 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
| 12 | You know me , I run with the hare an' hunt with the hounds : I 'd suck up to the devil himself for a penny . ’ |
| 13 | Yet they included gifted men , not only the Florentine pioneers of opera who for a time were still active as monodists — Peri 's Le varie musiche ( Florence , 1609 ) , Caccini 's posthumously published Nuove Musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle ( Florence , 1614 ) , Gagliano 's Musiche ( Venice , 1615 ) but younger composers : Sigismondo d'India ( c. 1580–1629 ) , Claudio Saracini ( 1586–after 1649 ) , and Domenico Belli ( fl. c. 1616 ) in the Florentine-Mantuan orbit . |
| 14 | It is the one subject which for an Englishman has the claim of universality . |
| 15 | WORLD champion boxer Chris Eubank fought off Big Breakfast show presenter Paula Yates , above , when she tried to bed him for an interview on screen yesterday . |
| 16 | I chose to write on the Holy Spirit myself for a very definite reason . |
| 17 | Yet , when it comes to concentrating on the work involved in training you for a career , the standard that you achieve is inferior . |
| 18 | We had a closed discussion and decided to humour you for a bit … |
| 19 | I see no reason whatsoever for a council that will still have two and a half million pounds in balances after the labour group proposals , why on earth we need to build another hundred thousand pounds into the budget , paid for by er council tax payers to provide for unforeseen expenditure . |
| 20 | He should insist that they provide no justification whatever for an unwillingness to consider his arguments seriously for what they are . |
| 21 | There is no justification whatever for an increase in the budget on anything like the scale that the Commissioner proposed . |
| 22 | Would my right honourable friend confirm that the former director of G C H Q , Sir Brian Tovey , stated that during the imposition of martial law in Warsaw and during the Soviet anva invasion of Afghanistan some ten thousand hours of cover were lost at G C H Q. And will he not confirm that is a perfectly good reason for the ban on external er interference by trade unions in the activities of G C H Q and will he also assure the house that the existing trade assoc the staff association works perfectly well and there is no reason whatever for an external trade union to interfere in G C H Q's affairs . |
| 23 | What is equally clear among business men is that they have no enthusiasm whatever for a Labour Government . |
| 24 | The mandatory sentence for anyone found guilty of murder is life imprisonment which for a child means being detained at Her Majesty 's pleasure in one of four special secure treatment centres in Co Durham , Birmingham , Essex and Leeds . |
| 25 | Eckersley himself for a time worked for Sir Oswald Mosley [ q.v. ] , joining the New Party and involving himself subsequently in commercial broadcasting schemes which interested Mosley also . |
| 26 | It is interesting to try reading in this position oneself for a minimum of ten minutes in order to appreciate its inefficiency , and to experience the uncomfortable and tiring effects of doing so . |
| 27 | Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity . |
| 28 | Similarly , the autonomy which for an agency is a problem of organizational control is for the enforcement agent a source of personal control , providing satisfaction and professional pride . |
| 29 | I found a pattern of hers , jacket in white in that bag what for a cardigan I wanted to do for school |