Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His production of Mrs Warren 's Profession for the National Theatre in 1971 steered cunningly clear of melodrama ; his Much Ado About Nothing for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1971 featured white parasols and sun-dappled lawns that seemed to evoke the world of Turgenev . |
| 2 | In 1909 the LCC completely reorganized its school welfare programme and formed a central co-ordinating body with a number of Children 's Care ( School ) Committees on the basis of one for every elementary school . |
| 3 | Customers will be able to opt for discounts worth £20 for every £250 invested up to a maximum investment of £3,750 or for bonus shares on the basis of one for every 10 bought . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't think of anything for a good few hours , ’ he admitted throatily . |
| 5 | Not that I think he 'll feel like doing much of anything for a few hours , anyway . ’ |
| 6 | Sounds like one for the Natural History Unit . |
| 7 | Zoe pointed at the second name ‘ … was just a request for something for an allergic rash . |
| 8 | Hence the need to explore any avenue that will provide a variety of services in order to allay the second fear about specialism — that the service will become labelled as one for the poor only . |
| 9 | Actually , considering there are less than 100 Britons in China , about one for every 10,000,000 Chinese , we 've done pretty well for meeting compatriots . |
| 10 | ‘ How about one for the happy couple ? ’ she suggested . |
| 11 | For inexperienced pilots flying in light winds , a good general rule is to allow a maximum of 3 miles ' glide per 1,000 feet with nothing for the last 1,000 feet . |
| 12 | Never get bored with the fact that you 've been with someone for a long time , it 's a good thing , not a bad thing . |
| 13 | There 's always that barrier to be got over , when you are going to sleep with someone for the first time , and I just thought it would be a good time to get it over with . |
| 14 | For I am on equal terms with someone for the first time in my life . |
| 15 | People cease to be rational even when they 've known and worked with someone for the last ten years . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps they would feel differently if , instead of an average order of ten or twenty coffins , one of the superstores came up with one for a thousand . |
| 17 | With previous convictions , including one for a sexual attack , he was no stranger to jail . |
| 18 | Asked where he 's been since he and Stephen Luscombe went their separate ways , the man who once lived on the ceiling claims : ‘ Apart from trying to find the best dog in the world , I 've worked on film scores , including one for an animated film , several pieces for Channel 4 documentaries as well as the incidental music for a Radio 4 play . |
| 19 | There are also three levels of menu-driven diagnostics , including one for the non-technical and a very fancy oscilloscope-style graphical display for the techies . |
| 20 | You 're not the sort of girl to … dammit ! you 're not a slut like Bella , who 'll sleep with anyone for a cheap thrill . |
| 21 | Janice sends very many thanks to everyone for the lovely flowers she received while in hospital recently and thanks also to the super evening she spent at Avery Hill Easter Party . |
| 22 | So we did the double over someone for the first time since beating Sheff United in the championship winning game . |
| 23 | If I could just talk to someone for a few minutes . |
| 24 | Well erm I 've just come off holiday and so I wo n't be entitled to none for the first four days . |
| 25 | It had provided the money , and had earmarked it : the local Assembly could not have changed the plans to one for a new school or slaughterhouse . |
| 26 | My mother had four children she had bring up , without anything for the first two years , how the hell she managed it , I do n't know ! |
| 27 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 28 | If your army includes sixteen or more Snotling bases then the possible number of units goes up by one for every extra five bases . |
| 29 | As part of its expansion , Barratt will open two new subsidiaries a year over the three years of the growth plan , starting in July with one for south London , to be followed by one for the northern part of the capital later . |