Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 2 | A Plan of Action drawn up for the conference was estimated to cost between US$4,000 million and $6,000 million . |
| 3 | Radiance Strathdee , the author of research carried out for Centrepoint , said this was not enough : ‘ There is a need for the government to get round the table with local authorities , not to lay down guidance , but to look at strategies to set about moving the impasse which exists ’ . |
| 4 | This type of question goes back for several generations , and small children are able to answer freely without any effort or strain on their part . |
| 5 | ( It is worth noting in passing that a similar kind of question comes up for dancers as well as singers . |
| 6 | This being the case , we only indicate the means of production and means of consumption used up for the production of the means of destruction . |
| 7 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ But I thought we did n't have a lot of cash left over for publicity ? ’ |
| 9 | The other type of shop to look out for is one described as a ‘ bathroom centre ’ or ‘ kitchen specialist ’ . |
| 10 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 11 | The theory is that if museums save on salaries and paper clips they will have more money to spend on works of art ; the reality is that they will almost certainly be saving on the works of art to make up for inadequate funding overall . |
| 12 | It 's only ten years since the Comedy Store opened , but already there is a note of wistfulness creeping in for the good old days . |
| 13 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is vital that the public inquiry in Leicestershire establishes the circumstances that permitted the regime of terror to go on for so long and that permitted complaints made by the children to be ignored for long ? |
| 14 | Oh Mark Tad has lost , a lot of ground to make up for Britain |
| 15 | The status of royalty comes in for summary treatment when one candidate for the throne of Evallonia , offered the support of the young revolutionaries , declines the honour . |
| 16 | If you want to make love more than once , said the notes — and with years of celibacy to make up for , I certainly did — it would be a good idea to insert another dollop of cream . |
| 17 | And the heavy disco work-out of such bands ( an influence on house and new beat music ) sounds like body-building , the epitome of self-testing , of strength built up for its own sake . |
| 18 | This is very much a ‘ people ’ story and concentrates on the day-to-day happenings in The Mob , with a fair amount of humour thrown in for good measure . |
| 19 | The response to the questionnaire about training has been very satisfactory and it has provided the Training Committee with plenty of information to work on for planning future training programmes . |
| 20 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 21 | Also profiting from the New Europe , with a sprinkling of gardening thrown in for good measure , is Weidenfeld and Nicolson with J.M. Dent 's Germany : Architecture , Interiors , Landscape , Gardens by Christa von Richthofen with photographs by Oliver Benn ( £30 ) . |
| 22 | The Fifties saw two quite different examples of femininity held up for admiration . |
| 23 | When the band is removed from the machine there will be two ends of yarn to sew in for each buttonhole . |
| 24 | However , many carers may not have a great deal of energy left over for campaigning , and may simply want to go along to the group for support , advice and a break from usual responsibilities . |
| 25 | It was a decent wage , an easy job , plenty of energy left over for rugby , for girls , for the play-acting in which he was becoming interested . |
| 26 | Tell you what , I 'll buy you a cup of coffee to make up for my bad temper before . ’ |
| 27 | Sands of time run out for strife-torn factory |
| 28 | ‘ The officials at Preston have been nothing but encouraging and in the early days the coaching staff put in a lot of time to make up for my lack of experience . |
| 29 | ripple like cloth laid out for measuring . |
| 30 | The close links between the two continued , with dyeing carried out for both at Stanley . |