Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a massive field in Stanley Park where everyone parks for Everton and Liverpool games . |
| 2 | The rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |
| 3 | Shortly afterwards they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef where they cruised for a year in search of a dream . |
| 4 | An action was instituted — the only libel action where I acted for Harold Wilson which came to court — and I thought it wise to brief a member of the Opposition to act as counsel on his behalf . |
| 5 | Tim was quite taken with that big card that he had for his birthday |
| 6 | It was in that terrible moment of loss that he noticed for the first time the eagle in the cage on the other side of his from where Minch 's cage was . |
| 7 | When the author of the Life of Edward the Confessor says that he trusted the cause of God to his bishops , and ordered secular judges to act fairly , so that honesty could have royal support and evil its just condemnation , this may be an indication that someone did for Edward what Wulfstan had done for Æthelred and Cnut . |
| 8 | Children and young people are entitled to the same levels of respect , consultation and competent practice that we advocate for ourselves as professional workers . |
| 9 | In terms of the rule that we need for branches , I 've already said the General Secretary agrees with me , that this happens often . |
| 10 | I would like to hear an opinion for somebody who ca n't afford the twelve hundred to two thousand pound that it takes for surrogacy ? |
| 11 | In Wimsatt 's definition irony is a ‘ cognitive principle which shades off through paradox into the general principle of metaphor ’ ( Wimsatt and Brooks 1957 : 747 ) ; according to Brooks , it is the ‘ most general term that we have for the kind of qualification which the various elements in a context receive from the context ’ ( Brooks 1949 : 191 ) . |
| 12 | Whatever that figure is there will automatically internally produce a target figure that we want for that book . |
| 13 | So if I get that out the way I 'm going to go through very quickly the administration that we look for . |
| 14 | This would seem to be an obvious recognition that nothing lasts for ever . |
| 15 | " He gave it on the condition that we cared for it and , although my husband already liked gardening , that was what started my interest " . |
| 16 | Wycliffe asked no question and , after a pause , Maurice continued : ‘ You see , under my father 's will Matthew got the bookshop on condition that he provided for Sara ; Alfred had his pharmacy ; and this place , where I had already started the pottery , should have been mine . |
| 17 | She realised that she had imposed on Miss Hatherby 's kindness and she blushed for her lack of consideration . |
| 18 | The only drawback is the expense if you fish for long sessions and take enough meat to feed continuously . |
| 19 | We readily accept that management of the Ministry of Sound takes unprecedented and most stringent measures to prevent drugs being taken into the club and we apologise for any implication to the contrary . |
| 20 | In the West , the time of retirement for many people is the end of their usefulness and it means for them no more than a hopeless waiting for them . |
| 21 | The last time I saw Jonathan was Thursday evening when he picked me up in the car and we went for a drive . |
| 22 | Jack opened his presents in the car and we head for home and a tin of lentil soup . |
| 23 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 24 | Playing up to it , he gives an autograph and we board for free . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll take you all dragon boat racing in Hong Kong harbour if you pay for the flights ! ’ replied Paul . |
| 26 | The rear wall of the churchyard loomed ahead of the figure and it sprang for the top . |
| 27 | All policyholders with a stake in the participating with-profits fund will receive a special bonus if they vote for the Aegon deal . |
| 28 | Teachers were prevented from joining any Polish cultural or Catholic societies , and German language teachers were given a special bonus if they volunteered for work in Polish-speaking districts . |
| 29 | It provides the framework for an interpretation of action but the full story is only revealed by an examination of the rules which direct action and which provide for the interpretation of situations . |
| 30 | Deep down she was almost ready to beg to stay , but her old character came to her aid and she fought for control . |