Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best thing to get richer is like , going round car boot sales , like my mum , she 's so funny , dad said she 's a different woman , she 's just like , cos when Phil and I erm , were engaged , we were trying to save up money , so we , oh and like we 'd sell off all our old stuff , so just give me of money , and then , we got these and my mum was pricing everything up , and she 's going , if someone asks for a discount , do n't , just do n't give it to them , she said , everyone 's going round pricing everything up and erm , when they come to you , they just , they just want things for nothing . |
| 2 | It 's just like when someone pays for a park bench — they get a little plaque with their name on it , do n't they ? : - ) |
| 3 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |
| 4 | The main advantage of the integrated database is , of course , that payroll and personnel information is always " in step " which allows for a consistency not achieved in the past . |
| 5 | The cost per head will be £5.00 ( which allows for a contribution to NCT funds if enough of us go ) and its obviously sensible to arrange for us to share 4–5 cars . |
| 6 | Although Goldmann does introduce a measure of reflexivity not present in Marx , Engels and Lukács , it is as a characteristic of the sociology of knowledge which allows for a variety of competing perspectives . |
| 7 | This is that we do not have an a priori conception of reality which allows for a range of possible universes , empirical inquiry determining just which of those possibilities is realized . |
| 8 | Last year Norway killed 95 minke whales as part of a scientific research programme which calls for a total of 400 whales to be killed in the period 1992-94 . |
| 9 | By sharp and crucial contrast , the metals trade , which accounts for a fraction of the AFBD 's membership and income , is directly represented by at least three members — the triumphant Mr Gaunt , Phillip Robinson from Metallgesellschaft , and Francis Holford from Rudolf Wolff . |
| 10 | The campaign makes a direct link between global warming and the consumption of energy in the home , which accounts for a quarter of the emissions of carbon dioxide . |
| 11 | Perhaps the main weakness in the text , which accounts for a number of others , is the methodology employed . |
| 12 | Whenever there is a puzzling development in physics which seems for a while to put in question our basic understanding , you will hear someone say " I have the feeling that it 's 1925 all over again . " |
| 13 | I only need to carry a few tubes of paint and some water in an old squash bottle , all packed into my fisherman 's box which doubles for a seat , and my paper masking-taped down to my board . |
| 14 | The detainee is held in a small cell equipped with a hole in the floor which serves for a toilet , a water tap ( often dry ) , a thin mattress and a blanket . |
| 15 | All the evidence suggests that early involvement in choral singing can awaken an interest which lasts for a lifetime , and church musicians have always seen school singing as a natural preliminary to the distinctive tradition of Anglican music . |
| 16 | Viz , which sells for a pound , consists of cartoons , comic strips and tabloid-style features ( ‘ TRAFFIC WARDENS CA N'T GET IT UP ’ ) . |
| 17 | I 've taken some of his toys with me to get his attention , which works for a while but he soon loses interest . |
| 18 | Gailani reputedly stated in an interview in March 1980 that ‘ as regards the West European initiative we support that part which provides for a withdrawal of Soviet troops ’ but ‘ we do not agree with the proposed neutrality of Afghanistan because it is imposed from outside ’ . |
| 19 | Only the rich can ski in Switzerland which makes for a degree of civilisation neighbours ca n't match . |
| 20 | The counter , and other doors are attractively finished in Ash wood which makes for a light and airy ambience . |
| 21 | If the keyboard is right , and the monitor is right , then the two items that you need the most suit the way you work , which makes for a lot less hassle in the long run . |
| 22 | Although the Scarman Report is often taken to be the central text which argues for a link between ‘ social conditions ’ and ‘ disorder ’ , the terms of the debate were by no means set by Scarman . |
| 23 | Intuitively , what is happening here is that the force which argues for an increase in output ( fall in prices ) from the double marginalization position in monopoly is being outweighed by a force which argues for a decrease in output ( increase in price ) from the duopoly position . |
| 24 | She 's having treatment still , she she goes for a couple of days at a time . |
| 25 | No one who thinks for a moment will suppose that that is a path in which there are no hills to climb . |
| 26 | She sits for a while beside them , her arm laid alongside the nightlight on the table ; the shoe of the Old Woman , with a pink bulb inside , lifts the shadows in a comforting way . |
| 27 | She sits for a moment on the arm of the chair , and rests her hand on my neck . |
| 28 | By a painter who befriends him , and who sleeps for a while with his mother , Jaromil , already self-perceived as exceptional , original , is introduced to modern art , which ‘ had not yet become the shopworn property of the bourgeois masses and retained the fascinating aura of a sect , a magical exclusivity fascinating to childhood — an age always daydreaming about the romanticism of secret societies , fraternities and tribes ’ . |
| 29 | It is apparently most excusable to rape your wife if she has for a period refused sexual intercourse ‘ unjustifiably ’ or if she has refused sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping money were raised , or even , curiously , ‘ in order to win her back . ’ |
| 30 | She pauses for a moment and the van overflows with the sound of helpless male laughter . |