Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house . |
| 2 | In the past they have brought many candidates together for an entire day of selection activities , which included written tests of their numerical and communication skills . |
| 3 | Eyes down for a full house and a long run . |
| 4 | Eyes down for a full house . |
| 5 | THE vigilante businessman who was cleared last week of murdering a suspected car vandal was jailed for 18 months yesterday for an alternative charge of affray . |
| 6 | One of them three months ago for a violent attack . |
| 7 | The duo came to Darlington about 18 months ago for a one-night show , but have not played panto in the North-East before . |
| 8 | Laura , who was flown to the USA five months ago for a life-saving double transplant operation , was re-united with her two-year-old brother Louis . |
| 9 | There would be opportunities here for a cross-European sharing of expertise built up around bilingual skills . |
| 10 | The booklet would be too big to be given away , but could be available in tourist offices etc for a reasonable price . |
| 11 | She presented three rows of two letters in either the left or right field and asked subjects either for a full report of all six letters or simply to recall a particular pair of letters ( partial report condition ) corresponding to a single column of the display . |
| 12 | By the ninth century the Magyars had settled around the river Dnepr , north of the Crimean Peninsula , having been expelled outwards by that movement of Asian tribes which rolled peoples westwards for a thousand years . |
| 13 | Thanks again for a better magazine . |
| 14 | As I see it , you get your bills in for a certain amount and you 've got to pay it . |
| 15 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 16 | BURSCOUGH will put behind them their best victory of the season as they travel to Blackpool Rovers tonight for a Bass North West Counties League clash . |
| 17 | If you cut corners just for a quiet life , you 'll have trouble . |
| 18 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 19 | Her less intellectual sister next door may be tranquilly watching television , an infant asleep beside her and a stew bubbling on the stove , while the first-class honours graduate hunts frantically for a clean nappy as the baby howls and the telephone rings . |
| 20 | Boxing : Sky lines up for a classic TV fight : Neil Wilson on the big battle of the small screen and growing threat of the extra terrestrial to the conventional channels : ‘ We 're not averse even to putting major sport on our movie channel .. |
| 21 | Paul Merson is playing with a maturity which augers well for a rich future to an England career that started so well in Czechoslovakia last month . |
| 22 | Road in Toten , that 's the A six double O five has got roadworks at the junction of Lane , some delays in busy periods and the A fifty two , there 's roadworks on the northbound carriageway at Clifton Bridge , there are diversions there for A fifty two traffic heading for Drive as well , sort of weave your way in and out of all the cones that are up there , the the cone monster 's been in the night . |
| 23 | The British Museum was still one unit , containing both natural history and works of art , and there were posts there for a few naturalists . |
| 24 | The two researchers do not recommend introducing pigs into existing woodland , but favour planting new areas specifically for a sylvopastoral system with pigs or planting trees on an outdoor range that is already in use . |
| 25 | Nigel Colborn 's series on Creative Planting on BBC2 's Gardeners ' World has provided plenty of inspiration , and now he has drawn all his ideas together for a special feature in this issue . |
| 26 | Bring strawberry plants indoors for an early crop |
| 27 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 28 | Sunsail is willing to organise virtually anything , from regattas to simple fun days out for a small group ; you could charter all 15 of their 36ft yachts , or just sail a dinghy around the Solent . |
| 29 | Mr Archer had left her four years ago for a married man with a beard who lived , people said , in Shepherds Bush . |
| 30 | The job was initially priced over two years ago for a different scheme but incorporating the same layout . |