Example sentences of "[adj] and a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say I was sitting there adding it up , a pound for this and a pound for that and your meal , a fiver for Maggie , I 'm twenty pound short off you |
| 2 | In some families with aggressive children the boundaries and limits on the child 's behaviour may not be clear and a struggle for power can take place between the parents and child which rapidly escalates into violence . |
| 3 | Fans shouted ‘ cut ’ as the star started describing an earlier film , Witness , as exciting and a must for cinemagoers instead of praising his latest blockbuster . |
| 4 | Talk of catastrophe is popular and a money-maker for authors and publishers . |
| 5 | Confusingly , it was another Richard Hutchinson , of the City and later of Stepney , who was co-treasurer for sick and wounded soldiers , widows , and orphans from 1643 to 1660 and a judge for imprisoned debtors in 1653–4 , and who served as co-paymaster of the navy under the treasurers in 1688–71 , appearing in the latter part of Pepys 's diary . |
| 6 | So six and a half for that one . |
| 7 | Erm , six and a half for that one . |
| 8 | Lamb rampaged to 50 with a six and a pull for four in the same Su'a over . |
| 9 | So , and eight and a half for that one . |
| 10 | Rehearsals were nearly complete and a replacement for her was out of the question at such short notice . |
| 11 | By the time we get to the man 's boisterous , almost redneck , version of Lightnin' Hopkins ' ‘ Good Times ’ the conversion is complete and a hunger for the music starts to take hold . |
| 12 | His father intended him for an army career , but that and a project for farming in the colonies came to nothing ; and by 1885 he was living hand to mouth in Chelsea as an illustrator and journalist . |
| 13 | The earliest I have found relates to Henry de Lornes , in the year 1203 , when he paid 16s and a palfrey for 1½ yokes of land in Halling and Cuxton and another in 1271 , when Walter , son of John de Boghurst granted land to Thomas Heryng of Halling for which he was to pay a seam of corn and do service to the chief lord . |
| 14 | Consultation will then be false and a facade for a ‘ sells ’ style of leadership whereby the manager hopes to win acceptance of his decisions by subordinates by pretending to listen to their advice . |
| 15 | The Oxfordshire Club has been described by some experts as unique and a course for the twenty first century … what makes it so special is a mixture of three styles … of classic English with trees … of links with sand dunes … and of American type holes landscaped by lakes … it 's been designed by Rees Jones |
| 16 | We have produced the detailed brief already referred to , plus a singlesheet brief and a leaflet for the general public , written in popular language but packing a great deal of detail , ‘ Give Kids a Chance ! ’ . |
| 17 | The entire site is well wooded and a sanctuary for badges and a profusion of primroses , wood anemones and bluebells in the appropriate seasons . |
| 18 | She was diabetic and a cause for concern . |
| 19 | Anyone who 's ever caught a glimpse of Neighbours would hardly expect Joe 's real-life counterpart to be an anti-government revolutionary with a phobia of the bourgeois and a passion for the planet . |
| 20 | He rose further under the Commonwealth , becoming a commissioner for compounding and a JP in 1650 and a commissioner for indemnity in 1652 . |
| 21 | With funds to invest worth $1 billion and a reputation for picking winners , he can move markets : the gold price has since climbed rapidly by almost $15 , passing $150 an ounce for the first time since October . |
| 22 | Since he successfully sued The Face for alleging he was gay and a hypocrite for denying it , he has attracted a lot of abuse . |
| 23 | Direct responsibility for DMS policy in England and Wales was initially that of a panel ( a panel for Scotland remained separate for several years ) and this became a Board after the Committee for Arts and Social Studies was split in 1978 and a Committee for Business and Management Studies created — ; a decision which produced some controversy . |
| 24 | More money was soon made available and a plan for expansion drawn up by an official from the BBC in London . |
| 25 | Training was therefore seen as time-consuming and a burden for busy volunteers , many with other commitments . |
| 26 | His mock-learned apparatus — appendices , maps of Middle-Earth and indexes — suggest a sense of erudition amiably mixed with bonhomie and fun ; his no-nonsense Christianity a hunger for the spiritual and a yearning for roots . |
| 27 | Labour , wholly in thrall to this feminist cause , will create a Ministry of Women ( as well as a Minister for the Disabled and a Minister for Children ) to generate ‘ legislation for women ’ . |
| 28 | Fifteen and a flush for two . |
| 29 | The ‘ keys ’ or trigger features required to ‘ unlock ’ these two types of cell are rather simple — it is just a matter of applying a small stimulus in the right place , and giving it the correct sign , an increase for one and a decrease for the other . |
| 30 | That is demeaning , uneconomic and a recipe for disaffection . |