Example sentences of "[verb] [det] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can unplug that for the moment . |
| 2 | And then you 'll want some for the holiday , when we go just to Cromer wo n't you ? |
| 3 | But rather than simply using this for the purpose of political comment in a static model of the communication process , the rationale behind its retention here is that there are real and important differences between these two groups and their relationships , and work , with the media . |
| 4 | Apparently she was not prepared to risk this for the sake of pleading Russell 's cause . |
| 5 | Experience shows that dieters very often prefer to eat alone rather than at the family table contrary to the exhortation ‘ make this for the family too ’ beloved by diet experts . |
| 6 | Likewise obviously for land and access , because we will need to know that for the survey work involved . |
| 7 | They bought the potatoes and they put them into this machine to mix them up with a couple of pails of water and then they drained all the taters off and left the milk that was left and used that for the baking . |
| 8 | I want some for the erection at the side of the pool there . |
| 9 | It is worth noting — and I say this for the benefit of my hon. Friend the Minister if for no one else 's benefit — that there has been a great deal of hyprocrisy on the part of the Labour party in Thurrock and Basildon concerning the centralisation of casualty services at Orsett . |
| 10 | Joan Thirsk 's brilliant examination of these variations , region by region , illustrates this for the period from 1500 onwards ( 103 , pp.1–112 ) , and there is no reason to believe that a similar diversity did not exist at the earlier period also , although there were probably changes in detail in particular areas , such as those caused by climatic change to which allusion was made in Chapter 1 . |
| 11 | His flashy marketing campaigns have done little for the success of Midland 's new products . |
| 12 | Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough . |
| 13 | I feel proud to have known him as Diane I would n't have missed that for the world . |
| 14 | The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us . |
| 15 | And so I said , Yes , I would do that for the year and then I 'd get back into teaching . |
| 16 | I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair . |
| 17 | Oh and give her that ointment please , I have n't got it down and put this for the nurse . |
| 18 | I believe he er did n't give much for the quarry . |
| 19 | This behaviour undoubtedly enhances the survival of the transposon , but — as Crick , with Leslie Orgel , Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza argued , it does n't necessarily do much for the bacterium in which the transposon is a passenger . |
| 20 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 21 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 22 | Would n't do much for the value of the house , either . ’ |
| 23 | It would n't be fair for such a player — who could do much for the balance of the side as a genuine all-rounder — to be held back just because there was an ageing geriatric hanging around , trying to prolong his playing days . |
| 24 | This probably means that mistakes in the details of these proteins ( they are produced during the clotting of blood ) do n't matter much for the organism . |
| 25 | It says much for the resilience of the club , however , that for most of this period a healthy League position was held ( lowest finishing place was fourteenth in 1966 ) and Chapman would be proud to know that , nearly fifty years after his death , Arsenal are the longest surviving member of the First Division . |
| 26 | It says much for the sense of humour of the untidy , bespectacled architect that after the initial shock of the Princess 's request , he accepted the relatively minor commission of building a dolls ' house for the Queen with enthusiasm , and immediately visited the Princess to discuss the project , bringing with him a mutual friend , Sir Herbert Morgan , President of the Society of Industrial Artists . |
| 27 | But the wee winger from Fife bounced back in a way that says much for the survivalist instincts in the human spirit . |
| 28 | It says much for the tolerance and humanity of the family that among the guests was a group of German POWs . |
| 29 | It says much for the calibre of Mrs Kirkley that , after greeting Aggie with an inclination of her head and a smile , she looked at Millie , who was handing her the present , and said , ‘ Oh , thank you very much , Millie ; I 'm sure they 'll be delightful . |
| 30 | While Colonel Sanders 's fried poultry has n't done much for the state 's image and few of us get to attend the Kentucky Derby , America 's leading spirit is becoming increasingly fashionable in Britain . |