Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This extends to his judicious choice of tempi which thankfully avoids the ‘ brakes on for the big melodies ’ approach , which in some versions comes close to collapsing the entire edifice under its own emotional weight . |
| 2 | On the A forty-three in Oxfordshire , just north of Enstone , some temporary traffic lights there are holding drivers up for the resurfacing work that 's going on there — a little bit of extra care should be taken . |
| 3 | But I had been er made a mon I think I told you this before , a monitor and I used to dodge all these sort of things and erm I used to go after I 'd been putting the books out for the next lesson , I could go to the library and I used to sit down and read . |
| 4 | When he cast his eyes around for the one place that seemed , for a man of business , the least affected by the tumult of war , the shrewd Samuel decided on Tangier . |
| 5 | He announced that courts would be given powers to bind parents over for the good behaviour of their children so that they could be ‘ brought face to face with their neglect ’ . |
| 6 | The first players then have to blow the balloons back for the second person to take over . |
| 7 | Now if you 've got somebody who you are protecting their family , and they 'll be paying that plan twenty five years or more , the fact that they pay commissions out for the first four years is immaterial , what they want is peace of mind and protection . |
| 8 | He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days . |
| 9 | They were flying the Liberators in for the big daylight raids on the Ruhr and one of them flew straight into the field where Grandad was working , planting carrots for the war effort . |
| 10 | Then , to rub things in for the assembled paparazzi , Kylie made the photographers sign legal forms as they entered the theatre . |
| 11 | That , that is , that is the way that they were chosen , and two years ago , I think , we put one point two million pounds in for the first seven schemes . |
| 12 | In 1642 he was acting as a commissary , or supply officer , at Chester , sending provisions over for the Anglo-Scottish forces in Ireland . |
| 13 | It is being used simply to speed things up for the general election . |
| 14 | Get your initials up for the ultimate high score . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But just knowing that Walter is likely to change things around for the next big game is enough to keep me going . ’ |
| 16 | While there is at present no firm indication that Christie 's will be following suit , the auction house will have to act quickly if it does decide to raise the rate in order to get the new terms out for the renewed contracts for American consigners which will be issued in the New Year . |
| 17 | ‘ Overall we are more than pleased as the aim was to bring young players on for the 1995 World Cup , ’ he said . |
| 18 | There were election posters up for the mayoral race . |
| 19 | And let's get these other ones out for the old birdies outside eh ? |
| 20 | With prices down by up to a third in some areas , there are many bargains around for the discerning buyer whether you fancy a converted barn or like the challenge of renovating . |