Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 2 | Walking back through the jungle I thankfully did n't come across any trap-door spiders but as dusk fell I was entranced by a cluster of trees which were suddenly lit up like Christmas trees by the thousands of glow-worms out for a night of passion . |
| 3 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 4 | I find it very difficult to dwell on these serious — even gloomy — thoughts when the sun is shining , the winds light and I have been asked to take a party of visitors out for a boat trip . |
| 5 | If a man was lucky it was a case of pop in for a quick half , then home to a meal of bubble and squeak with the Missus . |
| 6 | With a depth of 121 fathoms ( 726 ft ) at this point it could hardly be a family of trout out for a finny stroll , he remarked . |
| 7 | These simply involve inviting a handful of neighbours in for a fairly informal plate-on-your-lap spaghetti meal . |
| 8 | THE DINNER OR LUNCHEON PARTY Whatever time of day it is , this is most likely to mean inviting a group of people over for a ‘ sit-down ’ meal . |
| 9 | There were lots of people out for a stroll . |
| 10 | Yelling the news to Douglas , who was swording with Sir Walter Comyn , Ramsay dashed through the struggling mass of men back for the stairway , Down he raced , two steps at a time , and out again into the night . |
| 11 | It had to be left long with just a little braid on the top and twisted underneath with a little bit of straw through for the summer . |
| 12 | have a good idea of what they were doing next , next summer or whatever , yeah right right , otherwise Edinburgh , erm everything is in place for the festival descriptions , well everything 's in place like curtain up for the Lyceum description , last weekend |
| 13 | Well it 's the wrong pattern , up side down for a start , with the other piece of |
| 14 | The whole thing becomes one fluid manoeuvre with power on for the maximum possible time . |
| 15 | " The " roos will come from miles around for a green field " , said a spokesman for the Australian Wheat Board . |
| 16 | In the North the seasonally adjusted figure fell by more than 3,000 as the region started to gear up for the tourist season . |
| 17 | But for Hurricane Andrew' we would have reported a profit of almost $22m in the third quarter and a return to profitability in for the nine months . |
| 18 | Get off and milk it hooray go on pop in for a pint , wife wo n't mind go on pop in for a pint , wife wo n't mind , hooray |
| 19 | Get off and milk it hooray go on pop in for a pint , wife wo n't mind go on pop in for a pint , wife wo n't mind , hooray |
| 20 | ‘ One of them places where they have rooms for drivers to kip down for the night . |
| 21 | Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip . |
| 22 | She had to leave the floor , they had to walk , that 's right , they had to walk on the concrete floor without tiles on for a long time |
| 23 | Former Ireland schools star Kieran Dawson was enjoying a most impressive Bangor debut and he capitalised on a break by scrum-half Stephen Matchett to power over for a try in the 23rd minute which gave Bangor a comfortable 13-0 lead . |
| 24 | The government is now worried that its industry will suffer from unfair competition if other EEC countries do not have to fork out for the extra equipment necessary to reduce emissions . |
| 25 | Although I must admit we were obliged to fork out for the tickets — a mere hundred quid each . |
| 26 | The 74 heifers on offer returned great prices to top at £192 over for a 470kg Limousin selling at £662 , £140.85 per 100kg . |
| 27 | I 'd lastly like to say a thank you to Kevin , because I think , as a man , it is obviously more difficult for him to broach this subject , and he 's been pursuing this through APEX through for a very long time , and has worked extremely hard , so I 'd like to say thank you to him , and thank you to you now for taking the message back home . |
| 28 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |