Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity . |
| 2 | Kite was six under par when he inflicted on Clark the worst defeat in Ryder Cup singles history and in the process handed his side the initiative which for a time seemed it would n't relinquish . |
| 3 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
| 4 | You know me , I run with the hare an' hunt with the hounds : I 'd suck up to the devil himself for a penny . ’ |
| 5 | Similarly , the autonomy which for an agency is a problem of organizational control is for the enforcement agent a source of personal control , providing satisfaction and professional pride . |
| 6 | What is equally clear among business men is that they have no enthusiasm whatever for a Labour Government . |
| 7 | I was a little bit of a skinhead myself for a while . |
| 8 | Would my right honourable friend confirm that the former director of G C H Q , Sir Brian Tovey , stated that during the imposition of martial law in Warsaw and during the Soviet anva invasion of Afghanistan some ten thousand hours of cover were lost at G C H Q. And will he not confirm that is a perfectly good reason for the ban on external er interference by trade unions in the activities of G C H Q and will he also assure the house that the existing trade assoc the staff association works perfectly well and there is no reason whatever for an external trade union to interfere in G C H Q's affairs . |
| 9 | I see no reason whatsoever for a council that will still have two and a half million pounds in balances after the labour group proposals , why on earth we need to build another hundred thousand pounds into the budget , paid for by er council tax payers to provide for unforeseen expenditure . |
| 10 | He should insist that they provide no justification whatever for an unwillingness to consider his arguments seriously for what they are . |
| 11 | There is no justification whatever for an increase in the budget on anything like the scale that the Commissioner proposed . |