Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb base] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They agree that the States beckon for a second time but Melanie says : ‘ It 's very difficult because America 's so segregated , and it 's horrifying to see how much prejudice there is , really . |
| 2 | Middlesbrough hope for a good crowd despite it being the third home game of the week . |
| 3 | If Shearson hope for a passive investor , it is not in Perelman 's make up , ’ says Perrin Long , a securities analyst at Lipper Analytical . |
| 4 | Graham Lambert and Martyn Walsh linger for a chat with the fans , and one girl wearing a home-made Cows shirt runs of wailing ‘ He likes my cow ! |
| 5 | ‘ And what does good-for-nothing Sunil do for a living ? ’ |
| 6 | The conclusion is the same : provided the doctor can argue that he was seeking to prevent pain and suffering , the other criteria proposed by Skegg allow for a sufficient degree of subjective assessment as to offer no real barrier to the exercise of the doctor 's paternalism . |
| 7 | The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to a hitherto generally unobserved feature of the parallelistic couplet in Hebrew poetry , a feature which may offer a point de départ for a revised perception of the nature of the parallelistic couplet as such . |
| 8 | By one of those quirks of fate he was at Plas Menair for a canoeing course when he ran into Phil Eccles whom he had last seen in the Australian desert . |
| 9 | The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over . |
| 10 | The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over . |
| 11 | Michael 's looking for that Michael look for a dog or a dog . |
| 12 | ANOTHER capacity crowd is assured at Twickenham on May 2 for the Pilkington Cup final when Bath and Harlequins meet for an almighty battle . |
| 13 | The congregation of Saint Mary 's Church at Sydenham in Oxfordshire gather for an extra special occasion . |
| 14 | ‘ Janet and John go for a walk , ’ he reads . |
| 15 | The familiar Maxwell reach for a libel writ brought about an immediate public apology . |
| 16 | This weekend John Elway returns for the Denver Broncos after a three-week shoulder injury ; the Houston Oilers fight for a play-off place without Warren Moon and his broken arm ; and Joe Montana is due back in San Francisco 49ers ' uniform after two years of elbow trouble . |