Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 2 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 3 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 4 | Are you coming to sit down for this meal ? |
| 5 | Children of 4 years and upwards may be developed sufficiently for this technique to be effective . |
| 6 | Although the flats are very compact , generally following the standards laid down for this type of housing in DoE Design Bulletin 29 , they share the facilities of a jetty on to the river , and a roof-top conservatory and roof garden , all of which were made possible by a £200,000 grant from the Historic Buildings Council . |
| 7 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 8 | It is unusual to provide expressly for this contingency and the lease is probably best left silent on this point . |
| 9 | • Hundreds of original , flavour-tested recipes , each created especially for this series . |
| 10 | He and I do not perhaps instantly fit into the standard parliamentary stereotypes of the steady old stallion and the keen young foal who are usually harnessed together for this occasion . |
| 11 | To obtain a clear white wine from black grapes Dom Pérignon would have had to employ sophisticated pressing techniques ; it is most likely , therefore , that it was Pérignon who invented the traditional Champagne press , designed exactly for this purpose . |
| 12 | Many , but sadly not all , camcorders enable you to monitor the sound in the field via an earpiece which is plugged into a socket provided specially for this purpose . |
| 13 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 14 | Two hundred riders will line up for this marathon . |
| 15 | She 's only done half the course and already she has been picked out for this job . |
| 16 | In the lower glacial sea levels the straits in this region would have been narrower and shallower and the water comparatively warm even for this latitude . |
| 17 | Rozario on the near post Chettle also has come forward for this kick and it goes in towards that near post area where Oldfield takes no chances . |
| 18 | As we start afresh to build a new church , we have a heaven sent opportunity to try again for this possibility of godly unity which , if we let it , will be so powerful in persuading the world of the divinity of Jesus . |
| 19 | Even the mirror on the back wall was designed specifically for this room . |
| 20 | Written application had been made in advance , and , except for four theses on loan , all had been collected together for this study either within the thesis area or in the thesis collection area of the Stack , to which access was permitted on this occasion . |
| 21 | So anyway I put in for this job and and there were people who who ought to have got it before me , er for instance er there was a councillor at er at , Tom , did you know Tom ? |
| 22 | A textbook , composed specially for this examination , has been published — Preparing for English for Commerce , by David Davies and Douglas Picket , publisher Prentice Hall . |
| 23 | ‘ They may have saved up for this holiday for years . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The colt has thickened out well during his winter break and should improve enormously for this outing . ’ |
| 25 | So of course when Tom was put up and er there was about five of us put up for this job , they was all members of that union and I was n't . |
| 26 | New Oxford Street and Victoria Street in central London were built partly for this purpose . |
| 27 | She made sure that Duart and his heir would be magnificently turned out for this visit to a foreign clan . |
| 28 | Oh the idea of saving now for this year 's Christmas present , there 's one small snag , it will cost around £60,000 . |
| 29 | Over the years I have discovered that the subjects I enjoy doing most of all are not far from my home ; my garden , conservatory , figures usually doing something , are my favourites and my family and friends are commandeered regularly for this purpose . |
| 30 | The painting reproduced opposite , prepared exclusively for this article by Maitre Eugène Lelièpvre , shows the emperor riding in the dormeuse on the road to Avesnes on 13 June 1815 — the last time that he rode in it . |