Example sentences of "[adv] for [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the kite turns either way left or right , then increase the pull on the opposite side , right for turning to the right and left for a left turn . |
| 2 | The case came on for hearing at the beginning of April 1992 . |
| 3 | She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac . |
| 4 | So much for relaxing on the beach , she thought . |
| 5 | In Britain there are 100,000 convictions annually for driving under the influence of drink and it has been estimated that 20 per cent of all hospital admissions are associated with alcohol in some way . |
| 6 | It was not until the end of the 18th century that the first bottle of claret as we now know it was put down for ageing at the famous Chateau Lafite in 1797 . |
| 7 | However , this is not done where Ord 17 r 11 ( automatic directions ) applies , unless the case had been set down for hearing in the High Court before transfer or a request for a day for hearing to be fixed is made under Ord 17 , r 11(3) ( d ) . |
| 8 | This is reflected in Articles of Government made under the 1986 Act in the procedures laid down for dealing with the exclusion of pupils from school and with the appeals which might arise from exclusion . |
| 9 | At that time there were no instructions laid down for dealing with the radio pirate vessels and , although this particular vessel was outside territorial waters , there was no reason why a cutter should not make reasonable enquiries from vessels in close proximity to our coast . |
| 10 | A lot of women put her down for working with a man , especially one like Francis , camp as Christmas in Tangiers , a slow fuse of lasciviousness smouldered in every phrase . |
| 11 | Above them will be the set of newly retired warriors , while above this set will be sets of elders , their relative status depending on their social ages , who will be responsible for internal political and legal matters and perhaps for communicating with the gods . |
| 12 | I am all for planning from the bottom up but I am also convinced of the virtues of the presentation of draft proposals as a means for making discussion possible . |
| 13 | A jet lad , Robert Middleton , was fined 2s 6d ( 12p ) for assaulting a woman neighbour , merely for sitting on a seat he had made . |
| 14 | Passions have cooled since then , and the committee now recommends that NASA consider building instruments especially for hitchhiking through the galaxy on ESA spacecraft . |
| 15 | A proper budding knife will be required — a penknife is no good at all — which is like a planting trowel in that both ends are used and the handle is not just for holding in the hand . |
| 16 | It 's £20,000 a man to win that one — and £10,000 just for sitting on the bench ! |
| 17 | They used to have a erm hens there you see , they used to go round the small farms buying hens , then for half a crown each , just for sitting on the eggs to hatch them . |
| 18 | The colour screen was then replaced in contact , and fixed together permanently for viewing as a colour transparency . |
| 19 | The colour screen was then replaced in contact , and fixed together permanently for viewing as a colour transparency . |
| 20 | A MALAYSIAN was jailed for five years in the capital , Kuala Lumpur , yesterday for biting off the finger of a policeman who had prevented him stealing a motorcycle . |
| 21 | A KURDISH asylum seeker forcibly returned to Turkey was detained yesterday for questioning by the political police , writes Nicholas Schoon . |
| 22 | SNOOP Cyril Reenan was branded a prying sneak yesterday for eavesdropping on the intimate phone conversation . |
| 23 | Castleford , who , like Hull , were fined £3,000 yesterday for brawling in a League match , were in control for most of the game , but their young side was caught by a Kiwi revival in the second half . |
| 24 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
| 25 | MIKE Small was branded ‘ stupid ’ by furious boss Billy Bonds after being sent off for swearing at a linesman at Oakwell yesterday . |
| 26 | The youngster 's display was the only plus in a 2–1 defeat ; Ellison missed a penalty when the scores were level , and Mitch Cook was sent off for swearing at a linesman ironically Pickering scored his first goal for the club when Quakers were down to ten men . |
| 27 | Richmond coach , Kevin Boroevich , will have to eat some humble pie at training after being sent off for punching in the 21–15 win in a friendly against Fylde . |
| 28 | And on top of that McCracken was sent off for fighting in a Test match against Australia . |
| 29 | And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like . |
| 30 | He did the 60-mile run in 2 hrs 55 mins — and was ticked off for going over the 20mph speed limit . |