Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] over for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had the kitchen made over for Joan . |
| 2 | She has an air of sour pragmatism , and there is no generosity left over for us . |
| 3 | ‘ But I thought we did n't have a lot of cash left over for publicity ? ’ |
| 4 | Whatever your circumstances , the point is that you should have enough money coming in in the Income column to meet the outgoings in the Expenditure column with , hopefully , a bit left over for rainy days and holidays . |
| 5 | We 'd heard he had thirty billion pounds to spend on tanks and things and we reckoned that when he left he 'd probably have a little bit left over for a tip . |
| 6 | There was no money left over for me to live in any ‘ style ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ There was no money left over for niceties such as professional decorators . ’ |
| 8 | The Thames at Abingdon was barely fishable for the Mick 's Tackle Open with the bottom areas of the March length frozen over for the full 50 yard width . |
| 9 | ‘ They do n't have a lot left over for themselves and they see smoking as an affordable luxury which helps them cope . ’ |
| 10 | Women were remarking on the window hangings — ‘ You could hang my whole downstairs with one of those red curtains , ’ said Mary McCulloch , ‘ and have a length left over for the beds . ’ |
| 11 | Opposition has been muted and sporadic except from the farmers who have successfully extracted high levels of compensation for land taken over for Tunnel purposes . |
| 12 | However , many carers may not have a great deal of energy left over for campaigning , and may simply want to go along to the group for support , advice and a break from usual responsibilities . |
| 13 | Preoccupied with clinging to the remnants of their well-being , there is no time or energy left over for anything grander . |
| 14 | It was a decent wage , an easy job , plenty of energy left over for rugby , for girls , for the play-acting in which he was becoming interested . |
| 15 | Life , as John recalls it , was happy if hard , with not much time left over for fun after the daily toil was complete and certainly nothing to spare for luxuries . |
| 16 | In a class where almost half the time is spent on administrative matters , the time left over for active engagement in learning tasks is severely curtailed . |