Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heavy Roman-emperor head with thinnish iron-grey hair brushed forward , the nose , broad and fleshy , and the mouth fallen in for lack of teeth , was not a comely picture . |
| 2 | Derby have had an ambitious bid turned down for Bryan Robson , Manchester United 's former England skipper . |
| 3 | A SASSENACH called up for jury service in Scotland was sent home — because he couldnae understand the lingo . |
| 4 | Big boost lined up for tower appeal |
| 5 | I had the kitchen made over for Joan . |
| 6 | ‘ Two sets of twins , all boys , as indicated by the horoscopes drawn up for Lucia and Michele , which greatly influenced her father 's decision to allow them to marry . ’ |
| 7 | How to get the plan called in for consideration at a public inquiry , since there is every likelihood Dyfed County Council and possibly CCW would be prepared to negotiate a compromise , based on past performance . |
| 8 | ‘ They 'll have this wood chopped down for Beanos as soon as you can say market forces . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It sounds as if you want me to have a contract drawn up for signature by the parties of the first part . ’ |
| 10 | But while RoboCop is basically an entertaining comedy with some ‘ serious ’ ideas thrown in for ballast , Day of the Dead , despite grotesque comedy elements , mostly involving blood-and-guts , is fundamentally more serious , an adult rather than an ‘ adult ’ movie . |
| 11 | ‘ But I thought we did n't have a lot of cash left over for publicity ? ’ |
| 12 | Actor lined up for part of Maxwell |
| 13 | Sir , — Now that the election is over , and Mr. Kinnock has retired , could we please have our red rose back for St. Georges day next week ? |
| 14 | Nagumo 's fleet observed strict radio silence and when two stricken bombers called up for directions their calls went unheeded . |
| 15 | Queues stretched for a hundred yards yesterday as season ticket holders lined up for tickets for the Hillsborough semi-final on April 5 . |
| 16 | Certainly there may be the odd chart or graph thrown in for luck but the basic requirement is for high quality text . |
| 17 | A company was set up , a detailed survey was done , and a bill drawn up for presentation to Parliament — the usual procedure . |
| 18 | Here they were steam tested and carriage heaters changed as required and main pipe leaks marked up for attention as the vehicle passed through the lifting shop . |
| 19 | TOP BRASS LINED UP FOR OBJECTWORLD |
| 20 | A wagonway was constructed to carry coal from local pits to the wooden staithes — the wharves where ships lined up for loading — and brick houses were built for miners and dockers in the town that was exporting four million tons of coal a year by the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | ‘ There was no money left over for niceties such as professional decorators . ’ |
| 22 | But they also take scraps thrown out for birds , together with the bread and milk put out for them by well-meaning animal lovers . |
| 23 | The 1900 Guide to the Great Siberian Railway marked out for travellers the important stations in these new trading networks . |
| 24 | The lower deck will be equipped with books for young people and their mothers , and the upper deck fitted out for story-telling and audio-visual programmes … |
| 25 | Over a hundred armed agents set out for Mount Carmel . |
| 26 | Opposition has been muted and sporadic except from the farmers who have successfully extracted high levels of compensation for land taken over for Tunnel purposes . |
| 27 | In the same way the moment of remembering , the time taken out for thanks , the pause for praise , will stand before God and man as a statement of declared trust , of radical reliance , of faith that will admit no turning back , in short , a decisive no to self-sufficiency and doubt , and an emphatic yes to God . |
| 28 | It was all a great privatisation success , he explained , pointing to fleets of cars and tractors lined up for export . |
| 29 | It was a decent wage , an easy job , plenty of energy left over for rugby , for girls , for the play-acting in which he was becoming interested . |
| 30 | Life , as John recalls it , was happy if hard , with not much time left over for fun after the daily toil was complete and certainly nothing to spare for luxuries . |