Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul A. Bilzerian , 38 , chairman of Singer Co. and a stock speculator , was on Sept. 27 , 1989 , fined $1,500,000 and sentenced to four years in prison — the longest prison sentence given for a Wall Street criminal . |
| 2 | The decision to search for a partner has been taken ‘ in the context of competing investment requirements ’ across the broad sweep of BAe 's business interests . |
| 3 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 4 | Whenever I saw her , she always smiled at me , It was as if she 'd got me confused with someone else , someone important Once I had half an hour to wait for a transport . |
| 5 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |
| 6 | ‘ The decision to go for a greenfield site was taken in June , 1992 , and the countdown to Highbridge — a site within reach of all employees , with good motorway links — began soon afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The facts are : Lady Eleanor kept to herself , put on her cloak to go for a walk and , in the half-light , slipped on the staircase at Godstowe , fell and broke her neck . ’ |
| 8 | She slipped the newspaper cutting into the top drawer of her bedside chest , then took the opportunity to go for a walk by herself , without Josh . |
| 9 | The amount of money received for a service rendered is not dependent upon who you are , but upon the abstract relations within which the service is performed , for example as wage labour . |
| 10 | One peasant walked 15 versts to get Yakovlev to act on a building designated for a school that was still occupied by an influential peasant . |
| 11 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 12 | One branch asked for a dispensation . |
| 13 | But it gave him an excuse to retire for a while , to re-assess things . |
| 14 | Outside in the passage Ferris was prancing gently on his toes like a runner limbering for a race . |
| 15 | The board flickered for a second or two , then slowly faded until it was gone , and Quiss was left sitting looking angrily at the small wooden table . |
| 16 | FOR YOUNG PEOPLE , A NEW ENTITLEMENT TO TRAIN FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO FOUR YEARS , WITH A QUALIFICATION AT THE END OF IT COMPARABLE TO THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE STAYED AT SCHOOL . |
| 17 | Along with output power the amplifier also requires the usual low distortion levels , low noise and wide frequency response expected for a piece of hi-fi gear . |
| 18 | With long straights and blind brows often hiding corners , experience counts for a lot . |
| 19 | I do n't get tired unlike some of the other drivers and experience counts for a lot in this sport |
| 20 | Let Liberals and Conservatives take office under him without prejudice to their party allegiance- but let the leaders stand out , keeping their party machinery intact , and promise support say for a year only . |
| 21 | Blazer offered his workforce a piece of waste ground behind the mattress shed for a pitch and it soon became affectionately known as the ‘ Football Ground ’ . |
| 22 | A narrow majority voted for a ban in parks and open spaces … but moves to make tenants conform to the ban as well were defeated by three votes . |
| 23 | The previous chapter argued for a conception of music which maintains both the relative autonomy of its techniques and its ultimately social meaning , and which sees these as constructed within a historical dialectic . |
| 24 | The fan thinks for a second or two and then says ‘ OK where 's the bucket and spade ’ . ’ |
| 25 | His Superintendent asked for a priest to go to the island of Molokai where a colony of lepers lived in appalling conditions . |
| 26 | In the Paris of the 19th century , it was a pleasure to go for a stroll and to be delighted by the public buildings . |
| 27 | Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel . |
| 28 | 1 THE AUTHORS enter into this Agreement in consideration of the Publisher at their request entering today into an agreement ( ‘ the Publishing Agreement ’ ) with their Company THREE VEE LIMITED for a publication ( ‘ the Work ’ ) provisionally entitled Grapevine Video Level II and Grapevine Activity Book II . |
| 29 | ‘ I do have that platinum , suicide blonde hair in the movie , ’ says Kylie , allowing herself a rare giggle , as the guise drops for a moment . |
| 30 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |