Example sentences of "[pron] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 2 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 3 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 4 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 5 | Economy of arm movement is important since the more you flail them about , the longer it takes to ‘ cock ’ them for an effective punch . |
| 6 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 7 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 8 | Previously , investigations like this had been done mainly from the outsider 's point of view , and it was men like Evans-Pritchard ( 1902–73 ) , Radcliffe-Brown ( 1881–1955 ) , and , particularly , Malinowski ( 1884–1942 ) , who determined that the only really effective way of understanding the way of life of these peoples was to go and live among them for an extended period of time , learning their language , and becoming accepted as a member of their social groups . |
| 9 | He kept her hand imprisoned beneath his for an endless moment before carefully removing it and picking up his wine glass . |
| 10 | We know that the speed of traction up the incline was 0.75 feet/second , which for an available power of 25 h.p. gives a tractive effort of about 8.5 tons . |
| 11 | He himself had drunk one quick light beer before excusing himself for an early night . |
| 12 | Round , high-cheeked , boyish but with a scholar 's high brow , it was the face of a man of twenty-seven years of age nerving himself for an extreme deed , a supreme effort of will . |
| 13 | Some ministers , like John Stoughton or Henry W. Clark , who for an inexplicable reason named his Harpenden home , ‘ Charisma ’ , became respected historians . |
| 14 | We can arrange this for you for an additional fee . |
| 15 | If you are outside London , photocopies can be sent to you for an additional charge or you can use the self-service photocopier if you are in the library . |
| 16 | ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’ |
| 17 | MR IAN ROWDON OF HALCROW WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT/INTRODUCTION . |
| 18 | And if we 're offering you your passage home , you and the children , and help in finding your feet once you get there , and a good convent school for the girls , so that they can go straight on with the nuns and wo n't really notice any difference , well , all that 's to be regarded as a loan , which we 're very glad to offer you for an extended period , in the hopes of getting you back among caring people . " |
| 19 | I have recently started reading Woodworker magazine and find it most interesting and informative ; thank you for an excellent publication . |
| 20 | Zoe pointed at the second name ‘ … was just a request for something for an allergic rash . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , single mothers will sit and watch the TV and watch the advertisements which all show either happy couples or one single person doing something for an unseen other : ironing his shirts , organising their mortgage , driving his Audi to visit her . |
| 22 | Asked where he 's been since he and Stephen Luscombe went their separate ways , the man who once lived on the ceiling claims : ‘ Apart from trying to find the best dog in the world , I 've worked on film scores , including one for an animated film , several pieces for Channel 4 documentaries as well as the incidental music for a Radio 4 play . |
| 23 | The other connection that you might want to make to the rising main is one for an instantaneous gas water heater or electric shower , which need mains pressure , or one of the devices which alter the quality of the water — a softener , conditioner or filter , say . |
| 24 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 25 | His guardian uncles intended him for an academic career , and his brother Christopher , presumably of similar intelligence and attainment , later became Master of Trinity . |
| 26 | Until Vic and Robyn 's lives coincide , when she goes to ‘ shadow ’ him for an improbable Industry Year project , the viewer needs as much information as possible . |
| 27 | but then you left him for an American carpenter . |
| 28 | And after last night 's performance of Hamlet , some of his friends from the theatre had come back with him for an informal reading of their next play . |
| 29 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 30 | ‘ What will people think when those children ask her for an improper story ! ’ |