Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what the fucking hell are you doing here apologizing for apologizing for a drug . |
| 2 | In 1969 he was fined £25 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court and was disqualified for driving for a year for failing to give police a blood or urine sample . |
| 3 | No new rights to such material are given by the Act but it does standardise the procedure for applying for a warrant to obtain such material . |
| 4 | The procedure for applying for a transfer is prescribed by Sched. 2 , Part Ill . |
| 5 | The dominant reason for applying for a particular course was vocational ( see Table 1 ) . |
| 6 | Sylvia had rung up me about booking for a meal and I thought , originally they talked about going a Friday night , and they said , Friday and Saturday are fully booked for the next five weeks . |
| 7 | There 's nothing complicated about applying for a Midland Personal Loan . |
| 8 | There is nothing complicated about applying for a Midland Car Loan . |
| 9 | There is nothing complicated about applying for a Midland home Management Account . |
| 10 | There is nothing complicated about applying for a Midland High Interest Deposit Bond . |
| 11 | The parties are later sent by post either a summary decision or a full written decision as soon as it has been typed up and signed by the chairman , which is accompanied by information about applying for a review of the decision and of appealing to the Employment Appeal Tribunal . |
| 12 | Mildred had bought a mask which featured hair made from uncarded sheep 's wool , and which had produced moths only after hanging for a year on the landing of her staircase . |
| 13 | After struggling for a moment to stop it , I screamed and dropped the lot . |
| 14 | After resting for a while , it suddenly gets up , looks around and then sets off on one of its mad dashes . |
| 15 | While the really poor live in privately-owned , deteriorating homes — and about 90 per cent of the houses in Britain are still privately-owned — the new council houses are occupied by those who will pay up to twice or three times as much in rent , even after allowing for a subsidy of at least 8s. 6d. a week , and often far more , out of the general rates and taxes . |
| 16 | After allowing for a few thousand of natural increase , the Serb and Montenegrin population of Kosovo would have fallen from 237,000 in 1981 to about 220,000 in 1986 . |
| 17 | It was realised ( admittedly in connection with problems over legal aid payments , rather than dissolution of partnerships ) that difficulty might ensue where a solicitor continued to practise after applying for a renewal only to have his application eventually rejected . |
| 18 | Closer to home , those naughty boys from SUGARBLAST were chased out of Hyde Park by jobsworths after disrobing for a photo session by the Serpentine . |
| 19 | After pausing for a second he must have relented , because he told her that if it was any help she could borrow benches and trestle tables . |
| 20 | He picked it up crossly , but after listening for a few moments , his expression softened and he nodded twice . |
| 21 | Sophie laughed as she picked up the instrument , then , after listening for a minute , she said , ‘ Oh , yes . |
| 22 | After deliberating for a little while , the priest selected one and carried it towards the fire . |
| 23 | Middlesbrough deserved their win after leading for a long spell , though manager Lennie Lawrence 's heart must have sank when Tranmere snatched an 86th-minute equaliser . |
| 24 | He was found by a mountain rescue team near his home in Edmondstown , Rhondda , on Sunday , six days after going for a walk with his two terriers named Sweep and Red . |
| 25 | The jury had been told how Emma and Becky Harper , 17 , agreed to a sex session in the barn after going for a drink at a pub in the village of Uckington , Glos . |
| 26 | They took out large orders of tea and coffee on cardboard trays , and after wondering for a while if they were anything to do with the film business Lucy finally decided that every last one of them was probably either a builder or a shopfitter . |
| 27 | Transport cost so much that it was virtually impossible to make a profit by importing anything that could be produced locally ; although salt cod was brought across the Atlantic , in general nothing but luxury goods like gold , silver , furs , and spices would yield a reasonable return after paying for a costly ocean voyage . |
| 28 | Then , after waiting for a specified length of time , the hair can be shampooed in the usual way . |
| 29 | He was reliever to feel a slight tug as the parachute eventually opened ; it was bitter cold but fortunately he was being blown away from the capital 's fires , and after drifting for a time , hit the ground ‘ like a wet sack ’ . |
| 30 | CHEERING crowds greeted Jack Lammiman and his crew when they sailed home to Whitby , North Yorks , after following Columbus 's route to America — where they were rescued after drifting for a month with engine failure . |