Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club . |
| 2 | The 29-year-old Scot , a £225,000 summer capture from Millwall , has struggled to find his form on Wearside but all that changed when he came on for the injured Don Goodman after just 12 minutes of Saturday 's game against Barnsley . |
| 3 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 4 | The race is on for the spare hand-outs |
| 5 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 6 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 7 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 8 | Memphis signed on for the subsequent tour and expanded the exhibition , featuring the Rameses Colossus in the 1987 showing in the Memphis Cook Convention Center . |
| 9 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 10 | As the hunt goes on for the missing millions of the family 's crashed empire , Pandora , 32 , beamed as she declared : ‘ People will probably wonder how on earth Kevin managed it with all he 's got on his mind . ’ |
| 11 | The last I heard Trish was going to become a teacher , I mean I I we are supposed to be trying to think about whether we can have a sh a panel that we of people that we can call on for the short term crisis appointments or whatever , but |
| 12 | Arguments about this change continue to rage , and will probably burn on for the foreseeable future . |
| 13 | Robert Alner , Spring Fun 's rider , was also second when Elver Season , 7-2 on for the Open , offered surprisingly little resistance when tackled by Timlyn . |
| 14 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 15 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 16 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 17 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 18 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 19 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |
| 20 | A 17,000-foot volcano called Nevada del Ruiz , which seems to have been slumbering off and on for the past four hundred years , erupted and melted the snow and ice which covered most of its upper reaches , giving rise to an estimated seventy-five million cubic yards ’ mudslide . |
| 21 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 22 | The whole thing becomes one fluid manoeuvre with power on for the maximum possible time . |
| 23 | And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister had his head down for the vast majority of the speech , assiduously following the whole of the 57 pages either to avoid the accusatory , glaring eyes of the Opposition or to check that his Chancellor did not deviate from the text . |
| 27 | As he pushed the nose down for the final approach , he extended down the undercarriage . |
| 28 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 29 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 30 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |