Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
2 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
3 | Michelle has been paralysed from the chest down for the past 11 years — the result , she claims , of a routine jaw operation she underwent at Poole General Hospital in November 1982 . |
4 | This is in a twelve hour so for a daily flow we 've This was a surveying period about twenty percent for to these for a full day . |
5 | To hold all of the 1/50 000 scale topographic map coverage alone for the European Community would probably require about 3 terabytes of storage . |
6 | It is a bit much for the hon. Member for Gordon to show a report and to say that it was compiled by Labour-controlled Lothian regional council . |
7 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
8 | My wife and I saved over a number of years to get enough money together for a decent Land Rover . |
9 | Two-dimensional stop-motion animation of flat pictures — such as the cels used in cartoons — is a topic complex enough for a separate book . |
10 | All about Keswick he had noticed gangs of men building the giant reaches of drystone walls enclosing even the highest fell-land , the better to take advantage of grain prices in the war ; gangs of men working the woods , as charcoal-burners , swill-makers , coppice-workers , plain woodmen ; and , as here , men in the high mines — men spread all over the landscape , bondmen of industry , all living out near their workplace , turf huts and teepees scattered abroad , excluded from society throughout the week of their work and let into its comforts and pleasure only for a brief Saturday night escape . |
11 | To work vertical lines , begin at the top and after each stitch , bring the needle up through the stitch below for the following one . |
12 | It 's Tufnell to bowl to , he 's a good contest he edges that one away on the leg side just for a single , that 's a shame because er , it really is a good contest this . |
13 | The other residents are mainly visiting academics , often very senior members of their own universities , from many countries , any academic discipline , and are staying in the college usually for a short time . |
14 | PRINCE Michael of Kent took to the road in a 90-year-old car yesterday for the annual RAC London to Brighton veteran car run . |
15 | Turn on to a side for the next quarter , then the other side and breast side up for the final cooking time , removing the foil . |
16 | If they do not give an answer , will my hon. Friend take the Leader of the Opposition out for an Italian meal ? |
17 | Sir James pushes the boat out for a double celebration |
18 | I refer to your interview today for the above appointment and would advise you that , after careful consideration , the Sub-Committee has decided to recommend to the Regional Council that be appointed to the post . |
19 | Tonight his face is framed by one of the intricately patterned , knitted skull-caps with earflaps that are traditional wear here for the clear , cold nights . |
20 | And that 's why we do n't make money on carriage forwards cos we do n't sell carriage forwards for the positive reasons , we say , well if they do n't want them send them back , or if they 're damaged send them back . |
21 | Mr Jackson drives me in his car sometimes for a special treat . |
22 | There you are twenty pound again for the little dress ring . |
23 | More than a billion for the A90 complex , and he had heard , and he believed it , that there was £35 million of money just for the new fencing and perimeter security equipment … money for that , money no object for the bloody contractors . |
24 | If Brian [ husband ] was working … maybe I could have put the money away for a rainy day , but in our place … you more or less need it . |
25 | Our debate on this intended insult by the French was summarily ended : a wand-bearing chamberlain told us to assemble in the great hall below for the rare privilege of an audience with His Most Christian Majesty . |
26 | So , that morning presented a wonderful opportunity — and just a little compensation perhaps for the huge disappointment Kemp must undoubtedly have experienced over the theft of the Wolvercote Tongue . |
27 | It is at least disconcerting and sometimes painful to have the memories flooding back to spoil the enjoyment of success , and what could be more effective in bringing back the memories than the sight of an unknown stranger receiving an honorary degree apparently for no good reason . |
28 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
29 | At this stage I should like to thank the committee collectively for the tremendous amount of hard work and dedication put in during the year , and for the support which I have received . |
30 | There is a council home for the elderly and three private homes as well . |