Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver launches forward for a narrow escape . |
| 2 | Because I 've had my hair highlighted regularly for the last ten years it gets really dry . |
| 3 | He and Liena conversed for a while before he announced his decision to wait there for the return of Tony and Ferdy ( the Germans ) , and Dave the American , asking me to take care of Liena on the way down . |
| 4 | Either way , the change sits there for the reader , fascinating , not to be ignored . |
| 5 | Something vulnerable in her manner brings out an element of sadism in the way the long final act teases her endurance ; but it also makes the denouement extremely touching , and the part lies well for a voice that has managed Janacek 's Capture as well as Verdi 's Violetta . |
| 6 | Tossed between them like a broken toy fit only for the dustbin . |
| 7 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 8 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 9 | In endeavouring to meet this need numerous problems are encountered , notably how to find enough money to provide adequately for the increasingly large proportion of the population who are in retirement , and therefore by and large non-productive , and how to define ‘ adequate ’ in this context . |
| 10 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 11 | In addition , the employers in the industry argued strongly for the retention of a statutory levy because of the largely self-employed nature of the labour force . |
| 12 | It was announced that HCIMA was to lead a major industry initiative to consider a Quality assurance programme designed specifically for the industry . |
| 13 | Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need . |
| 14 | The Frenchman , before turning to her sons , let his glance fall pointedly for a moment to the swell of her breasts tightly bodiced beneath a new Fifth Avenue day dress of sheer white silk chiffon ; then he smiled secretly at her again and this undisguised expression of passionate interest brought a faint flush to her face . |
| 15 | Comparing the ‘ Charlie Parker Story ’ directly with Vogue 's 14-track ‘ Original Bird ’ release ( and in effect listening critically for the first time ) , I found the Denon ‘ sound recovery ’ system somewhat inconsistent in places . |
| 16 | As far as we are concerned , there are basically three types of music a producer can use in a production : commissioned , commercial or production/library music , commissioned music being an original piece written specifically for the producer by the composer . |
| 17 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 18 | Hard , they say , to be too overawed by a character like Cage , whose music includes Roaratorios and a piece composed solely for the white keys on the piano . |
| 19 | There 's a club meeting here for a social weekend — I think they like to keep their places warm here for when coarse fishing starts again . |
| 20 | In some fantastic way , he could see his mind like these barren screes — a frozen cascade of broken rock face lying on the more solid rock waiting only for an impulse to charge it into dangerous motion . |
| 21 | The Association exists purely for the benefit of assistant managers . |
| 22 | On the fringe of the political scene , the Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for a coalition under a new leader and various important figures in the City of London let it be known that a Socialist Government would be a financial disaster . |
| 23 | At the SCG I was impressed with the way the South African pace bowlers tightened line and length after somewhat loose opening period of play no doubt caused by first-time tension and over-eagerness to do well for the folks back home . |
| 24 | With the slope in their favour and the wind at their backs , Hammer pressed hard for an early goal to unsettle the favourites . |
| 25 | And as we were coming home from Rousay pier we met the Wyre post boat coming across for the mails that we already had dumped in Rousay . |
| 26 | As we went back to Wyre home to Wyre we could meet the Wyre post boat coming across for the mails that we put to Rousay . |
| 27 | Bryn 's mouth worked silently for a few seconds . |
| 28 | Its mouth curled upwards for the first time . |
| 29 | This has been the frequent and characteristic complaint of those ( in my experience few ) historians who have explored the New Historicism : the representation of history is idiosyncratic and selected to reflect the preoccupation of the literary critic , not an attempt to account accurately for the period . |
| 30 | 6 The defender moves forward for the counter-attack . |