Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match .
2 British Airways agreed to take over Dan-Air for a nominal £1 ; the company will also assume Dan-Air 's liabilities , estimated at £35m .
3 He turned down £1.5 million to fight someone even less credible than Foreman in April , a guaranteed £5.5m to take on Bowe for the undisputed crown next summer , an opportunity to win the titles in the ring and the star prize , a chance to fulfil his avowed lifetime ambition .
4 Then it was Irons who set up Aldridge for the third with a superb pass form inside his own half .
5 In the second half Giannini again created the best moment , first intercepting a pass , then setting up Serena for the clearest chance of the match .
6 Nicholas slipping and sidestepping deftly , set up Creaney for a close range shot which Hamilton one-handed , just turned round .
7 Hercules planes from RAF Lyneham have been flying across what was formerly Yugoslavia for the past six weeks .
8 Seth scored 60 not out and then returned figures of 17–5–42–5 as Witham were reduced to 97 for six , setting up Sudbury for a 60-run success .
9 Lee Doherty set up Johnston for a right-wing cross and Gorman ghosted between two Bangor defenders to keep up his record of scoring in every round .
10 After their early opportunity Holland did not glimpse another scoring chance until eight minutes before half-time , when Kieft and Koeman combined to set up Berghuis for a hard , low cross which Taffarel could not hold .
11 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
12 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
13 That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller .
14 Tea , like breakfast , was taken with Nannie when Mademoiselle was on holiday — Nannie was not really Nannie for a great big girl of eight .
15 When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer .
16 Cricket now , and Northamptonshire are on the verge of a place in the NatWest Trophy final at Lords.They bowled out Warwickshire for a hundred and forty nine in the semi final at Edgbaston , and were further helped by some disastrous Warwickshire batting .
17 Wimbledon v Derby County Wimbledon leave out Fashanu for the fourth successive game , keeping faith with the veteran Cork .
18 ‘ A lot of people will be seeing Hamlet and even Shakespeare for the first time .
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