Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And your telephone then and then you go to this is got ta to go for the page |
| 2 | If the view is taken that ‘ civil disputes are a matter of private concern of the parties involved , and may even be regarded as their private property … and that the parties are themselves the best judges of how to pursue and serve their own interests in the conduct and control of their respective cases , free from the directions of or intervention by the court , ’ forms of alternative dispute resolution must be considered as worth pursuing for the control that is provided to the parties over their dispute . |
| 3 | Still , Stanley and Iris is well worth catching for the sincerity of its performances and the at least partial originality of its subject matter . |
| 4 | He never forgave the chemist ( Sir ) Edward Frankland [ q.v. ] , who had been a colleague , for appearing for the prosecution . |
| 5 | Man City 0 , Spurs 1 PETER REID will soon be signing a new contract at Maine Road , But the City manager could do with signing a player as well , if all the words about challenging for the title are to mean anything . |
| 6 | The procedure for applying for the prerogative remedies of certiorari , prohibition and mandamus is contained in Order 53 of the Rules of the Supreme Court ( RSC ) , some provisions of which have been re-enacted in statutory form in section 31 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 7 | Yeah , we have , I 've got ta wait for the man to come ! |
| 8 | Oh , you ai n't heard no more about applying for the hospital for a job yet then ? |
| 9 | The goodwill in this case maybe calculated on two to three years ' purchase of so-called absolute net profit ( ie net profit after allowing for the salary of a fully-qualified manager for each shop ) . |
| 10 | The latest capital spending review could result in a near 20 p.c. cut in total investment to $6½ billion ( £3.7 billion ) against $8 billion ( £4.6 billion ) last year although after allowing for the purchase of Petromed in Spain the figure is nearer 7 p.c . |
| 11 | After allowing for the community charge grant , which is now part of aggregate external finance , that is almost £300 million more than this year — an increase of 6.1 per cent . |
| 12 | ‘ Total European volume increased after allowing for the disposal of our animal feeds and packaging operations . |
| 13 | ‘ Total European volume increased after allowing for the disposal of our animal feeds and packaging operations . |
| 14 | After qualifying for the East semi-finals in impressive style , Essex beat Hertfordshire 3–1 and trounced Cambridgeshire 5–1 in the final , after taking a 2–0 lead at half-time . |
| 15 | Graf dropped the last four games of the second set after serving for the match at 5–3 , but then powered past fifth-seeded Sabatini 6–2 5–7 6–1 . |
| 16 | After writing for The Observer and The Times he returned to The Guardian as cricket and , subsequently , wine correspondent in the late 1960s . |
| 17 | Was n't interested in sc Well I mean interest I suppose But I think what it was to start with I I missed the first term , you know after passing for the county , I missed the first term . |
| 18 | Even after paying for the ferry crossing and a good meal on French soil , they could expect to save more than £800 between them . |
| 19 | ‘ After paying for the carpet we still had enough for a small celebration . ’ |
| 20 | After testing for the role when he executive-produced We 're No Angels , he has taken it up full time , setting up his own company Tribeca Productions and building his own mini-studio in New York . |
| 21 | But the company 's Canadian parent , The Thomson Corporation , lost ground on its publishing side after providing for the sale or closure of titles in the UK and north America . |
| 22 | On several occasions , people who had been drinking in the Sparrow Farm tenants ' association club opposite the shop left the club and attacked the Ks , both inside the off-licence and , sometimes , as they left after closing for the night . |
| 23 | After closing for the summer , Quiet Storm , the club for an older crowd ( in age but not attitude ) , has reopened at Ormond 's Yard in London on Fridays . |
| 24 | The probability of achieving the minimum qualifications to enter higher education ( three Highers ) varies between advantaged and disadvantaged areas after controlling for the individual 's demographic and familial characteristics . |
| 25 | My aims were to record the time distribution of night visits and to show the trend in claims in Berkshire over the past 10 years after adjusting for the change in claimable hours . |
| 26 | Earnings rose by 6.9% to £40.4 million , giving earnings per share of 6.8p , the same as last year after adjusting for the bonus element of the Rights Issue of 114 million shares in May . |
| 27 | Table IV shows the rates of sickness absence by grade after adjusting for the health related behaviours ( smoking habits and frequency of alcohol consumption ) , ethnic group , work characteristics , and social circumstances outside work which predicted rates of sickness absence . |
| 28 | On the other hand , different types of household have very different incomes , even after standardizing for the number of people in the household and including all sources of income : households of elderly women living alone are poorer than other types of household . |
| 29 | The vacancy had been occasioned by the untimely departure of James Haldane , the professor of church history at St. Andrews , who had been burned to death in his room after retiring for the night leaving a candle burning . |
| 30 | Frank Walker retired two years ago after working for the South Tees Health authority for 23 years . |