Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For clothes , I suggest catalogues for a good selection . |
| 2 | When I explain that I read books for a living , people launch into a frenzy of apologetic explanation : ‘ I do n't have the time ! ’ ; |
| 3 | I like Chris for a boy . |
| 4 | He pores over a map while I collect wood for a fire and Nathan digs out a seat for us all . |
| 5 | I take Thyroxin for an under-active thyroid gland . |
| 6 | It 's faster , harder and , if you lose concentration for a second , you 've had it . |
| 7 | Whether you want inspiration for a light lunch or an impressive supper , we can provide it . |
| 8 | Derby double five double seven four five if you want wood for a bonfire in the Derby area . |
| 9 | If you want money for a specific purchase , you are more likely to be offered a personal loan . |
| 10 | It may be that you receive praise for a piece of work well done , and suddenly you feel that you made the right decision to leave the family home and strike out on your own . |
| 11 | Even so , I have noticed that the feeding pattern still follows the usual course in that you catch barbel for a spell ( maybe only one or two fish ) then nothing for a spell , and so on . |
| 12 | ‘ Look mate , ’ replied Sooty , ‘ when you sweep chinmeys for a living , you need plenty of liquor to swill out your guts . ’ |
| 13 | so , yeah , yeah I mean if you have flu for a week or something , you know everything |
| 14 | There is a much smaller choice of sizes if you want a lean-to garage , and generally only single garages are available , on the very reasonable grounds that if you have space for a double garage you have room for a detached one ! |
| 15 | There is a much smaller choice of sizes if you want a lean-to garage , and generally only single garages are available , on the very reasonable grounds that if you have space for a double garage you have room for a detached one ! |
| 16 | So , if you have room for a large tank why not give them a try ? |
| 17 | Wherever you go in Cyprus , it is almost impossible to visit the shops or market without being told : ‘ Relax , what 's the hurry anyway , surely you have time for a coffee ! ’ |
| 18 | Fatigue makes us bad shoppers , you need stamina for a place like this . |
| 19 | ‘ Horology is the study or measuring of time or making of clocks ’ — that 's what our dictionary says and the latter is what we do ; we make clocks for a large company called the London Clock Company , but we had very humble beginnings … . |
| 20 | For , with some qualifications which do not much affect the main point , he suggests that when we give reasons for an ethical statement we are typically making factual claims acceptance of which we hope will cause others to have the attitude it expresses and he distinguishes this sharply from the case where one statement gives some kind of logical or rational support to another . |
| 21 | The survey found we pay £42 for a basket of 22 everyday items compared to just £20.40 in Mexico . |
| 22 | ‘ We have talking for a long time about how the company might change structurally , and many of Alan Gordon Walker 's proposals would have left me with a job that I did n't want to do , ’ she said . |
| 23 | But guilt is also within us — it is our feeling , realistic or not , that we have responsibility for a specific or amorphous offence against humanity or God . |
| 24 | Erm modern theorists of human rights just start from the position that human rights are of course self evidently inherent in each individual , I 'm thinking for example of erm Nosette In the tradition of , of natural , in the natural law tradition which Locke erm erm shares erm there is a basic position which runs throughout them all and that includes incidentally even Hobbes to the effect that erm we do n't just have rights as individuals , we have rights for a very particular reason . |
| 25 | ’ It 's a sad reflection of society nowadays , ’ said the school 's headmaster ’ We blame children for a lot of things these days , but most of it is forced on them by the pressures of modern living . ’ |
| 26 | Bouvard and Pécuchet , during their investigations into literature , find that they lose respect for an author when he strays into error . |
| 27 | Readers will work hard at a text if they need to know something about their favourite football player or team , if they want to know about their favourite singer or group , if they want information for a project that really interests them , or if they need information a make something or improve their performance in some way . |
| 28 | They provide evidence for an accuracy order in performance . |
| 29 | In so far as the actions since 1979 have politicized areas hitherto relatively immune to such considerations they provide pretexts for a future Labour government to intervene in these spheres . |
| 30 | But they say $40 for a lift ticket would be better spent on books . |