Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now . |
| 2 | I used to work for a certain er c er creamery there . |
| 3 | To do this they arranged a movable slit to open for a wide ΔΕ when the photodiode array is operating and close up for a narrow ΔΕ for the spectral detector . |
| 4 | A gem of an oak five-sided dressoir , on the other hand , François 1er period from Champagne and perfect museum material , sold for a modest FFr480,000 ( £49,900 ; $86,800 ) , just over its high estimate . |
| 5 | Expressing concern about the global economic recession , US and German officials called for a special G-7 summit to break the existing stalemate on GATT talks . |
| 6 | Or alternatively adapt Policy I five to allow for a strategic erm site or sites to be brought forward by local planning authorities in the course of their local plan work . |
| 7 | Jean Dubuffet 's ‘ La Calipette ’ of 1961 , for example , bought at Sotheby 's London in April 1990 for £2,530,000 ( $4,427,500 ) went for a mere FFr6 million ( £714,300 ; $1.12 million ) , its low estimate , after a long duel between two telephone bidders . |
| 8 | was a bottle of of whisky from that distillery went for a huge p price at one of the big |
| 9 | Bids for an oak standing court cabinet made in Flanders around 1520 rose to a startling FFr2.5 million ( £259,800 ; $425,000 ) , ten times its low estimate and another world record , while a more richly decorated and rich hued world cupboard with grotesque masks , Anjou work around 1600 , went for a modest FFr400,000 ( £41,200 ; $71,750 ) ( estimate FFr200–250,000 ) . |