Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 32 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 33 | Another stock to advance for the same reasons was General Cinema , owner of Harcourt Brace . |
| 34 | But now they 're having a heated debate about script changes , so I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes . ’ |
| 35 | She used to come down here from London , sometimes just for a meal , sometimes to unwind for a few days , sometimes with some young swain or other , sometimes on her own . |
| 36 | So erm I 've got a bit of time also in which to apply for a few things and go and see a few people erm |
| 37 | It arranged for groups of identically qualified white and black applicants to apply for the same jobs in Chicago . |
| 38 | One standard way of establishing the degree of discrimination in employment is to arrange for equally qualified black and white workers to apply for the same job . |
| 39 | Alliance councillor Larry Thompson warned that if such a motion was passed and implemented it would act as a catalyst encouraging other groups and organisations to apply for the same free waste collection . |
| 40 | One thing is clear : Islam flourishes like a hardy plant wherever it springs up , and a tradition that has endured for over 1,300 years is sure to endure for a few more . |
| 41 | The aid that we are most likely to use for the same reasons as video is the audio tape or cassette recorder . |
| 42 | I was afraid to go to bed , or even to sleep for a few moments in my chair . |
| 43 | Although she had n't expected to , she actually managed to sleep for a few hours that night . |
| 44 | If the choice facing us were legal , clean , decently performed abortion or none at all , no doubt many of us would be hard put to it to vote for the former ; but in fact the choice is between the legal , clean sort and backstreet self-induced efforts of the Ottey 's Pills variety . |
| 45 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 46 | Pink and blue drifted away , leaving green to chat for a few minutes — ‘ I jest lerved those cute red heels and hose you 'rived in ’ — before escorting me back to the changing room on the floor above . |
| 47 | That would be her neighbour wanting to chat for a few minutes . |
| 48 | She allowed herself to read for no more than half an hour a day . |
| 49 | When the effect of an additional task is to disrupt rather than facilitate performance then the two tasks are said to compete for the same " functional space " within the hemispheres . |
| 50 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
| 51 | It should also help if you leave the paper to rest for a few minutes before stretching with gum strip . |
| 52 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 53 | You need to rest for a few days , but you should be all right soon enough . |
| 54 | Most large towns in Britain with sizable Asian communities have three or four resident hakims , and an unknown number visit Britain from abroad to practise for a few weeks several times a year . |
| 55 | This would force some leading figures , like Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , to fight for a few minutes ' speaking time from the floor — or keep quiet . |
| 56 | She wanted to shower , to change , to relax for a few minutes . |
| 57 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
| 58 | But , although they nearly ran out of steam and were forced to settle for a less than emphatic 27–24 margin of victory as the ‘ Boks came back at them , Sean Fitzpatrick 's side — with the Jones boys Ian and Michael , Zinzan Brooke and Frank Bunce outstanding alongside their skipper — were worthy of being the only New Zealand side ever to go through South Africa undefeated , albeit on an abbreviated tour . |
| 59 | They may prefer short term bid speculation to long term recovery but if Mr Louis-Dreyfus has his way , they will have to settle for the latter . |
| 60 | The attraction between the conjectured planet and Uranus was to account for the latter 's departure from its initially predicted orbit . |