Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as Mrs Fleetwood watched for a police car the pair stole £120 and fled . |
| 2 | As she again became distraught yesterday , Detective Superintendent Ian Whinnett sent for a police psychiatrist . |
| 3 | A director of one licensed dealer rang up a former employee working for a stockbrokers , addressing him as follows : " You took our clients with you , you little shit . |
| 4 | Equally , there 's no need to go for a savings scheme which gives you a cheque book if you 'll never use it . |
| 5 | Probably anticipating the enhancing of the already considerable temperature that might ensue from a stretch of proven hell-raising , Pukwana called for a blues , and set about declaring his intent with that impassioned alto cry ( the instrument in his hands displaying the weight of the tenor as well as the wild , wayward quality of the higher horn ) that has been thrilling British audiences since the Sixties . |
| 6 | However the Occupational Pensions Board called for a pensions tribunal and Tony Thurham , chairman of the Association of Pensions Lawyers , said : ‘ Many pensions lawyers would have preferred a tribunal since it would probably have had greater powers and more staff . |
| 7 | These jobs were soon done , and Redpath telephoned for a police car to take the cartridges and clothes to their respective experts . |
| 8 | From the 1840s public anxiety had also been focused on prostitution , the ‘ great social evil ’ , by studies from evangelical clerics and medics , and by rescue and reform societies campaigning for a police crackdown on the London streets . |
| 9 | Erm it 's been shown that women strive for a pronunciations and and sort of go more towards the . |