Example sentences of "[verb] for [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rhino penises can fetch as much as $700 on the open market , while powdered horn is prescribed for everything from high blood pressure to fevers , nose bleeds and insomnia . |
| 2 | Although occasionally an older vessel may substitute for one in dry dock , many venerable craft have been pensioned off . |
| 3 | Whether you 're saving for something in particular or a rainy day , just put your money in and it will start working for your straightaway . |
| 4 | Summing up a custom-made guitar , especially when it was made for no-one in particular , is a difficult task at the best of times . |
| 5 | ARE YOU looking for something to liven up your Monday evenings ? |
| 6 | ‘ Am I looking for anything in particular ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Are you looking for anything in particular , sir ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Will we be looking for anything in particular , sir ? ’ |
| 9 | However , when the market is sharp and clear and there is a need for very strong , talented individuals to fill the position , when the client is looking for someone with outstanding ability to run the business or to be a senior director , then talking to a headhunter may well be the best first step . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you searching for anything in particular ? ’ he asked as she stood by a cage containing some little creatures curled up fast asleep . |
| 11 | The business lobby has been squealing for everything from accelerated depreciation allowances to a Business Development Board to grant cheap loans . |
| 12 | My heart , or what passes for one in demonic physiology , is in my mouth , for fear that I am about to be exiled from Rainbow Rosenbloom , and from Chinese food , movies and other earthly delights , for evermore . |
| 13 | Can you think if we have something meal facilities which has also been raised if then maybe the stage door club area could be used for something like light rehearsal space which is always in demand . |
| 14 | Look for one with medium/soft texture nylon bristles ( multitufted ) in a small head , so that you can get between your teeth and right to the back of your mouth . |
| 15 | The third and best of the Rabbitte family trilogy that began with The Commitments is an essential read for anyone with fond memories of Italia ‘ 90 . |
| 16 | They 're not asking for anything in specific . |
| 17 | If savings have been set aside for a funeral , and would now pay for one at current prices , that money , invested at the best rate of interest , may be enough to pay for the funeral when it occurs . |
| 18 | The expenditure is the time you use for everything except private study . |
| 19 | Nearly half the bottom band drew a parallel line , not a perpendicular one , and as many drew a diagonal line when asked for one at right angles . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ There was n't a place to be found in Redcar for him , and finding a private flat or bedsit for someone with little funds is very difficult . |
| 21 | In the 1890s Michael Marks , the firm 's founder , put wooden platforms behind his market stalls to keep salesgirls ' feet warm ; these days the company pays for everything from in-house dentists to local community projects . |
| 22 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |