Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 2 | The pack will pull the carcass apart , competing for the best of the kill , and Fido plays tug-of-war games , hoping to win the toy . |
| 3 | Capitalism is a system of producing profit and gain for a few at the expense of others . |
| 4 | Nothing else was right , you had to go for the best in life , and I suppose we 've always felt that . ’ |
| 5 | They said if we did n't consent for him to claim for the two of us , they 'd summons me and him for aiding and abetting . |
| 6 | Her target was an excessively tall gangling gentleman , not very suitably clad for the Mediterranean in a suit of gingery wool with the trousers ending in tight bands round the calves . |
| 7 | ‘ A Christmas-shopping outing to East Kilbride was arranged for the elderly of the parish , with transport , tea and coffee laid on ’ . |
| 8 | People never change for the better by being hated , judged and condemned . |
| 9 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 10 | Latinos account for a third of its 9m odd residents . |
| 11 | Currently , hydrocarbons account for a third of Norway 's gross exports , 15 per cent of revenue and 17 per cent of Gross National Product . |
| 12 | One presumes Waterloo then asked for the best of three for just qualifying for Bath is worth a minimum of £1,500 . |
| 13 | But policies intended for the poor in general , which are politically more acceptable than those designed for specific racial groups , will aim at a big section of blacks too . |
| 14 | Wood is the most important commodity in international trade after gas and petrol , though most of it is used in the country of origin and much of it very close to source , being the only source of fuel for warmth and cooking for a third of the developing world . |
| 15 | Yeah , but were you the sort of people that walk into hospitals and start praying for the sick to be healed . |
| 16 | As she sat facing him , rigidly upright , he saw that her chair was one designed for the disabled with a button in the armrest to raise the seat when she wanted help in rising . |
| 17 | However , her books , though absorbing to the adult reader , are difficult to revive for the young of another generation because of their preoccupation ( even greater than that of her female contemporaries ) with social status . |
| 18 | Smith drew for a 4 at the first . |
| 19 | Even the best examples of restoration , and there are perhaps a few , fall far short of compensating for the lost of ‘ real countryside ’ . |
| 20 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 21 | When it is the first day , put your hands down while we 're ex while I 'm explaining this , when you say when it 's the first day of any month whether it 's the first of February or the first of April or the first of December , instead of say you say this word you say for the first of the month |
| 22 | So in 1973 Andy decided to try and qualify for the Open at Royal Troon — and it was here that an incident occurred that changed his career . |
| 23 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
| 24 | Other 3000 boxes can be upgraded to a 987 with a board swap for a third of the cost of a new system . |
| 25 | He always looks for the best in people or in any given situation . |
| 26 | I have a room booked for the thirtieth of July and I 'd like a word with the manager . |
| 27 | It happened to work for the two of us , we were lucky . |
| 28 | All concerned were aware of its identity when the Wasp sailed for the Mediterranean on schedule on April 12 with its vital load of Spitfires . |
| 29 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 30 | Hitherto , provision of adult deaf organisations had largely been confined to church services and other pastoral services , but in 1871 , a most important step was taken with the founding of Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Football Club , the first sports dub for the deaf in this country . |