Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corridors of the BBC are long and pea-green ( the 1984 setting of Orwell 's book , reputedly ) , and I followed a uniformed attendant through and round them for the obligatory ten miles before happening upon Studio B10 . |
| 2 | ‘ Just go and lose yerself for a week , son . |
| 3 | When will the right hon. Gentleman give that consistency and leadership to the police and back them for a change ? |
| 4 | Simmer them for an hour . |
| 5 | " We sell them for a penny each , " Miss Poraway explained . |
| 6 | ‘ I make them for the shops to sell , ’ she told Virginia . |
| 7 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 8 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
| 9 | Regina Royal Ginseng and Regina Evening Primrose Oil take those two remarkable natural substances and combine them for the first time with Regina 's fresh Royal Jelly . |
| 10 | Even if we confine ourselves for the moment to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. , when the options were more limited , the road of the Rhone was not the only route for traffic between Celts and Greeks . |
| 11 | But these are not just shoelaces — use them to be different ; plait , twist , braid or cord them for a variety of looks and purposes , from bracelets , necklaces , hair bands , bag cords or to brighten up a pair of trainers . |
| 12 | All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . " |
| 13 | One of the beefs I have about accommodation for elderly people is the fact that by , that the purpose built , very excellent , bungalows and flats for elderly citizens are restricted to one bedroom which , to which but is by government decree to keep the cost down , but it does seem to me to be very heartless because elderly people 's children are unable to come and stay with them except to the great deal of discomfort and perhaps as society grows a little more considerate for the fact that the percentage of elderly people will get even greater as the years go on , then they should make allowance and provide them for the facilities to enable them to be visited by their children and grandchildren . |
| 14 | For now , Therapy ? are at the start of their first proper American jaunt , glad to take a break from the pressures of Britain and their debut major label release , and swap them for the promotional chores of the States . |
| 15 | ‘ God forgive me for the thoughts I just thought . ’ |
| 16 | Other 's forgive me for the wrong doing , and for the harm I do to them , but it 's only God who can forgive my sin . |
| 17 | In James Callaghan 's famous speech at Ruskin College , Oxford , in October 1976 , from which the Great Debate emerged , he spoke of a school curriculum which would aim ‘ to equip children … for a lively , constructive place in society , and also fit them for a job of work ’ . |
| 18 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
| 19 | Fortunately , modern enclosures are slowly replacing these cages which are cramped and provide nothing for the animal . |
| 20 | It is the kind of rapid , critical examination to which we expose another person when we encounter them for the first time . |
| 21 | They were trying plug them for a hundred and fifty thousand were n't they ? |
| 22 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 23 | I want you for the West End after your six weeks in the sticks , and you 'll have to have a bit of bosom . ’ |
| 24 | I want you for an angel ! |
| 25 | Boring work , but if you want one for the glass case , this is the best way to go about achieving that aim . |
| 26 | Levellers will perform in front of 70 , people during the tour , and already well over 50 , tickets have been snapped up , so get cracking if you want one for the Belfast gig . |
| 27 | ‘ Swap one for a cheese and pickle ? ’ |
| 28 | swap one for the other . |
| 29 | The trouble is , I want everything for a very long time — forever . ’ |
| 30 | " If you want 'un for a husband , now 's the time to stake your claim . " |