Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | With Morris brought off for a deserved breather , Mark Burns took over the duty of penalty taker after 58 minutes , the award coming after a Nigel Allister stick chop , and it was 5–1 . |
| 32 | Aussie skipper Border and pace bowler Merv Hughes , who was fined Pounds 185 , appealed vigorously for lbw decisions as tail-enders Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh held out for a draw in Brisbane . |
| 33 | Meanwhile at Carlisle , Hereford hung on for a nil-nil draw , thanks in part to keeper , Alan Judge , who returned to the pitch with stitches , after being kicked in the head in the first half . |
| 34 | ELTON JOHN and Axl Rose teamed up for a spectacular duet at the MTV awards in Los Angeles . |
| 35 | Victor paces about for a bit . |
| 36 | When Safeways was particularly busy ‘ one Friday lunchtime , Phyllis popped in for a packet of chops for her husband and herself . |
| 37 | ‘ You could let Rose take over for a little . ’ |
| 38 | Adam reached out for a fig-leaf — kept it on while he swung through the trees |
| 39 | Derby were convincing 3–0 winners over Pisa , who also had Jose Antonio Chamot sent off for a professional foul on Ted McMinn . |
| 40 | The wind caught it and it bounced awkwardly for the St Aloysius defence and Roy Montgomery went in for a try under the posts which was converted by Ross Houghton . |
| 41 | Blanche looked up for a moment to chew the implications of what she had just read when another alien sound impinged . |
| 42 | Scrum-half Rob Nolan chipped ahead , beat Steve Hampson to the ball , and sent the supporting O'Donnell scampering over for a 69th minute try . |
| 43 | This is your moment of truth ; more like moment of terror as West Hartlepool ran through for a second try . |
| 44 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 45 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 46 | Botha dropped an early goal , Ian Hunter thundered over for an unforgettable try , and Drikus Hattingh scored one for the tourists just before the break . |
| 47 | One morning when she was in his office working on his personal files Mike came in for a discussion . |
| 48 | Vera turned up for a cup of coffee dinner time and ended up staying there rest of the afternoon dinner with us , oh no come on in , give us it , where you sitting , off she went |
| 49 | Barry Jones boiled over when he saw 63-year-old Vera brewing up for a local hospice on her day off . |
| 50 | Maxim settled down for a gloomy evening . |
| 51 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 52 | Keith McGarry , last year 's leading point scorer in Ulster increased Dungannon 's lead to 12 points before prop David Miller surged over for a try after good work from Jeremy Hastings near the Highfield line . |
| 53 | Hucklecote made most of the early running and took the lead on six minutes , Steve Barslow converting a penalty , and they increased that lead after a quarter of an hour when Mark Halkins went over for a try following good work from Steve Hamslow . |
| 54 | Marx looked around for an ashtray , found one , and deliberately ground out his cigar-end . |
| 55 | The Party loved it , they gave him a standing ovation and Mr Kinnock went back for an encore to tell them to save their strength for the election . |
| 56 | ‘ So why does n't Nicky Kai come in for a share of all this moral condemnation , since you know that Florian is still legally married ? ’ |
| 57 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 58 | Mushtaq Ahmed held out for an hour-and-a-half for 11 , standing by Malik while the biggest stand of the innings — 64 — was constructed . |
| 59 | The exhibition 's open to all , but it did n't take much to persuade Scotland Today 's Patsi MacKenzie to wander along for a preview . |
| 60 | Tony Underwood raced in for a 70 metre try in Leicester 's 30-14 win at London Irish . |