Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But until the inquiry decides , it 's hats on for the ramblers . |
| 2 | That means we can delay putting plans in for the reservoir . |
| 3 | Got a few more voices on for the tape . |
| 4 | When the school closed , they kept the animals on for the toddlers in the local playgroups . |
| 5 | This extends to his judicious choice of tempi which thankfully avoids the ‘ brakes on for the big melodies ’ approach , which in some versions comes close to collapsing the entire edifice under its own emotional weight . |
| 6 | The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house . |
| 7 | ‘ I prefer to keep our heads down for the moment . |
| 8 | And also to those innocent victims of this jape who might even have put their cars in for the test and discovered the garage is no longer the soft option it was once reputed to be ! |
| 9 | Eyes down for a full house and a long run . |
| 10 | Eyes down for a full house . |
| 11 | His Nan always gets lollies in for the kids and they came in more than useful this time . ’ |
| 12 | Cos I 've got to take these kids up for a bath soon er er you can stay |
| 13 | On the A forty-three in Oxfordshire , just north of Enstone , some temporary traffic lights there are holding drivers up for the resurfacing work that 's going on there — a little bit of extra care should be taken . |
| 14 | Chief Supt Pauline Clare , 44 , is one of five candidates up for the Merseyside job . |
| 15 | ‘ Just lads out for a thrill , ’ she said . |
| 16 | The good nature and humour of most Scotsmen never failed to appreciate the situation , ( an immigrant father taking his kids out for a run to the country ) and they at all times were friendly . |
| 17 | Trying to earn this man 's good opinion was as easy as … as climbing a descending escalator — six steps back for every one forward . |
| 18 | I cried my eyes out for a night then started writing my own songs . |
| 19 | But I had been er made a mon I think I told you this before , a monitor and I used to dodge all these sort of things and erm I used to go after I 'd been putting the books out for the next lesson , I could go to the library and I used to sit down and read . |
| 20 | When he cast his eyes around for the one place that seemed , for a man of business , the least affected by the tumult of war , the shrewd Samuel decided on Tangier . |
| 21 | For a moment she thought it shared her doubts ; there was a hint of a fumble as it doubled its hind legs under for the leap . |
| 22 | Like his father , he had some apprehensions about the filming , especially being told to do things several times over for the film crew . |
| 23 | As I see it , you get your bills in for a certain amount and you 've got to pay it . |
| 24 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 25 | He announced that courts would be given powers to bind parents over for the good behaviour of their children so that they could be ‘ brought face to face with their neglect ’ . |
| 26 | HANGING AROUND : He gets the chance to put his feet up for a moment before the jump |
| 27 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 28 | Amaranth had no wish to be caught napping in the lounge of the Grand Hotel ; how much better to return to ‘ Mon Repos ’ and put her feet up for an hour or so . |
| 29 | He came into the hangar where Preston was gluing bits of plane together and told him he was taking one of the new chaps up for a spin . |
| 30 | ‘ There were megastars up for the part but old Wallace here got it . |