Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led on to contracts for shipping grain to Flanders . |
| 2 | Secondary education is compulsory up to the age of 16 , and pupils can stay on at school for up to three years longer . |
| 3 | With a career in speech therapy behind her , Liz decided to go on to study for a post-graduate degree in Marine Archaeology at St Andrews University , where her husband David is Professor of Chemistry . |
| 4 | However , the old kapellmeister managed to cling on to life for another couple of years , by which time Mozart was himself dead . |
| 5 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |
| 6 | I felt useful when , during exercise periods , I could have Anderson choking with laughter , hanging on to Brian for support , as I imitated one of the guards and his absurdly curious use of English . |
| 7 | Sherrin recalled the actor occasionally phoning in with ideas for the monologues , but Crawford 's desire to deliver a eulogy to Sir Winston Churchill after the wartime Prime Minister 's funeral met with a cold response from his producer . |
| 8 | Nick was walking in the garden with his father-in-law , a tall , lean , bald-headed Scot who had flown down to London for a couple of days and come out to see his daughter between one business appointment and another . |
| 9 | JOCELYN BROWN flies in from America for a one-off show for the Songwriters Network at London Subterania on May 6 . |
| 10 | With al-Kassar 's blessing , he met the Magharians in Bern and Zurich to set up accounts for his family , each meeting taped and monitored by Coleman 's assistant Syrian George , who had been flown in from Cyprus for this purpose . |
| 11 | It was also over 50 per cent more than that laid down in codes for the relief of famine as a basic subsistence diet ( Kynch 1989 ) . |
| 12 | Inside the ark were the tablets of the law — the supreme verbal statement of God 's holiness ( 26:16 ) ; at one and the same time the reason why God dwelt alone ( for none can match his holiness ) , and why by means of blood a sinner might enter his presence ( for the blood speaks of life laid down in payment for sin ) . |
| 13 | Ministers from time to time make statements seeming to indicate to judges generally what sentencing policy should be , within the range of punishments laid down by statutes for different crimes . |
| 14 | The most important section of the book , however , is on introducing and sustaining quality programmes , and preconditions for this are examined along with guidelines for phasing in the quality programme . |
| 15 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers ' Scottish defender , who has only one B cap to his name , has already been pencilled in as replacement for Richard Gough who was sent off in Switzerland this week . |
| 17 | Broken down into sections for easy replay and reference this video will guide you through every stage of your pregnancy . |
| 18 | Series were deemed to be longer plays , broken down into episodes for convenience of presentation . |
| 19 | Slightly irritated he thinks that there is something wrong with the lock and goes down to reception for assistance . |
| 20 | There are two safer bets : Lord ‘ Derry ’ Irvine , Labour spokesman on legal affairs and long-time favourite for the Woolsack , who is backed by John Smith ; and Peter Archer , the former Solicitor General , who is stepping down as MP for Warley West . |
| 21 | The Danes will not have to go along with plans for a single currency , or with plans for a common Euro-defence policy . |
| 22 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 23 | And Simon was invited to go down to London for a chat . |
| 24 | but it 's , I , I do n't want to go down to work for hours Chris . |
| 25 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 26 | Ferguson , who was only 17 when he made his debut at fullback for Newcastle United , moved on to play for Derby County , Cardiff City , Barry Town and Newport County before joining Ipswich as coach . |
| 27 | ‘ I moved on to agencies for domestic help , including nannies . ’ |
| 28 | He moved on to Leicester for almost £400,000 , then to Middlesbrough for £650,000 . |
| 29 | Then he flew to Japan to run the 440K from Hiroshima to Nagasaki in a new record time of just over 57 hours , and moved on to Siberia for a 13-day stage race covering 50K a day . |
| 30 | Old Jimbo can still roll back the years and reach into his glorious past , and how he loved it as the crowd roared at every winning shot and then sang Happy Birthday as a giant cake was rolled on to court for him afterwards . |