Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALIEN star Sigourney Weaver , 43 , above , is letting her hair down for her latest role as America 's first lady in a comedy called Dave . |
| 2 | I mean , if her husband had taken the living only for her sake ? ’ |
| 3 | He er he was strong enough man to put fifty pound down for his deposit , towards his deposit of a hundred and fifty you know ? |
| 4 | I mean , it 's a lot of money when you think Norma 's paying nine hundred pound just for her car . |
| 5 | Disney executives believe the porcelain models will become another lucrative spin off for their cartoon empire . |
| 6 | It 's also a dilemma also for their own countries . |
| 7 | Given the behaviour of fixed-interest security prices over the period , this may reflect a desire to hold such stock mainly for its capital gain potential . |
| 8 | Crediton , 8 miles away , is an ancient town , once known for its wool industry now for its cider making . |
| 9 | I was approached in this room about erm , twelve months ago , by Francis and Tricia erm , to ask if I would make a programme out for their group . |
| 10 | I we 've all got lockers , you know like you 've got a locker here for your books and everything ? |
| 11 | Further , no married woman could make a will without her husband 's consent , nor ( with trifling exceptions ) make any contract , except as agent either for her husband or for some other person : it would have been absurd to let her contract when she had no free property out of which she could pay . |
| 12 | But it was crucial that it would not just be a good deal financially for my clients [ who by this time also included Colin Dann , the author ] and the BBC , but also that all parties should feel relatively comfortable with it . |
| 13 | When you send the erm the text through for your erm annual reports ca can you let me know where where it is on the network ? |
| 14 | She watched him stroll away down the corridor as if he had n't a care in the world , knowing full well he was putting the act on for her benefit , and that he must be worrying about the star performer who was also his best friend . |
| 15 | Allison described unemployment as ‘ the problem of the most pressing importance ’ , and declared that the Labour Party had a duty to ‘ do all that is humanly possible to find work locally for our unemployed fellow citizens ’ ( Election leaflet 1921 ) . |
| 16 | Ashley scrambled eggs which she and Thomas ate outside on the leafy vine-shaded terrace and then , following her regular routine , she put the little boy down for his nap . |
| 17 | The Drug Control and Teaching Centre will invoice the Scottish Sports Council directly for its transport costs and the costs involved in completing the analysis . |
| 18 | I 'd have to go to Parliament and bribe them to pass a law specially for my divorce . ’ |
| 19 | The surplus product is controlled by the bureaucracy partly for their own benefit but mainly in response to demands from society which it would be politically dangerous to ignore . |
| 20 | On the whole , however , players were — and still are — happier turning out for their clubs . |
| 21 | Rimsky-Korsakov 's Capriccio Espagnol provides an opportunity for the LSO to display its glittering virtuosity in one of the great orchestral showpieces — although there 's not enough hot Spanish sun here for my taste — and they then round the disc off with Grieg 's Two Elegaic [ sic ] Melodies , which are well enough played , but add little to the overall attractiveness of the disc . |
| 22 | Of course he continued to take his family to Wyvis Hall regularly for their summer holidays . |
| 23 | And as you 're doing that make an inventory of sort of , items that have got serial numbers erm , so that if you do lose anything you 've got a quick reference there for your insurance company . |
| 24 | I was brought up to work hard for my country . |
| 25 | I would not be surprised to see smart Flat performer Lift And Load make the hot favourite work hard for his success . |
| 26 | I saw him play last week against Sunderland reserves , he had another magnificent game , his passing was absolutely immaculate — got a good goal , hit a great volley that for another goal ; he can just pass the ball , and I think that 's what we 've lacked a little bit of , er a bit of guard sometimes for our midfield . |
| 27 | Or who have gone to other humans to get help either for their own kind or for others with whom they are associated , human or otherwise . |
| 28 | It 's hard , then , not to feel sympathy for Kevin Keegan and Peter Shilton , both of whom have recently abandoned pleasant existences ( as wealthy horse-breeder and plucky net-minder respectively ) to don shiny suits and shiny smiles , and stand beside worried-looking club chairmen at press conferences to promise greatness ahead for their new teams . |
| 29 | These exercises have met with acclaim worldwide for their ability to help villagers look at their lives critically and constructively with minimal input from the workshop leader . |
| 30 | Batts may even be trying a bit harder for his seasonal onion bag bulger . |