Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McNamara already had the first spot in the bag and Moniz was out , so the battle was on for second place . |
| 2 | Leek out , had this heart trouble , and he 'd been in the Signals about oh ten year , he , he was on for twelve engagement and he nearly completed it when he had this heart trouble . |
| 3 | Cut the fingers off an odd glove and stick pater shapes on for instant finger puppets . |
| 4 | So she says they usually put schedules on for fourteen month for the next ten months , twelve months . |
| 5 | Now the hunt must be on for tryp-killing drug molecules which will actually penetrate into the choroid epithelium . |
| 6 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 7 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 8 | The traveller who rides on a local bus can learn a lot : in the mountains of Greece everyone clings on for dear life and makes the sign of the cross at every bend in the road ; in the Thar Desert , Rajasthan , a sense of humour is essential , especially when the giggling driver moves the sheltering bus to reveal squatting passengers answering the call of nature , and in South America it helps if you do n't mind sitting next to a chicken or sharing the floor with a goat . |
| 9 | Then she turned her attention to the tabby cat still spreadeagled on the back of the broom with its eyes screwed tightly shut and its claws gripping on for dear life . |
| 10 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
| 11 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 12 | It was in this way that Maurice , with the two of them clinging on for dear life , put out on the tide . |
| 13 | He insisted on trying to go it alone and lurched against the bannister where he hung on for dear life . |
| 14 | She was holding on for dear life , leaning into him , lifting on tiptoe so that he could gather her close , hold her tightly in his arms , while his tongue slipped into her mouth , while his hand swept up her ribs and lightly cupped her breast … |
| 15 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 16 | on for dear life |
| 17 | By the end of the 1970s , such of these early headhunting characters who still survived could be found occupying the positions of non-executive directors and chairmen of search firms , lending respectability and weight but not necessarily being called on for practical help ; by the 1980s most had disappeared . |
| 18 | Any push-stick could have sandpaper glued on for additional grip . |
| 19 | With no chance of live football league coverage the fight is on for European Cup matches and other internationals . |
| 20 | The pressure is on for immediate safety improvements . |
| 21 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 22 | I put the central heating on for one hour before the kids go to bed and one hour before they get up . |
| 23 | He came on for one match at least . |
| 24 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 25 | that that green was n't put on for that competition . |
| 26 | The following Tuesday he was contacted at work to say that the jump was on for that afternoon . |
| 27 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 28 | Robert was a replacement in the Currie Cup final and came on for young Johan Roux in the second half . |
| 29 | I am in the process of compiling a book on old fashioned remedies for horse ailments and am writing to ask if any of your readers have experience of any , and would they be kind enough to pass them on for possible publication . |
| 30 | What d' ya mean by put water on for boiling water ? |