Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would outbid Aristotle Onassis for a jewel and marry the highest-paid film star in the world , twice . |
| 2 | FRANK BRUNO wants a Riddick victory over Evander Holyfield for a short-cut to his third world title shot . |
| 3 | I first drew attention to the shortcomings of this edition in 1981 I was not the first to suspect it : as long ago as 1964 Sir Charles Mackerras , in preparing Castor et Pollux for a BBC broadcast , became suspicious of some of the scoring , went over to Paris to inspect the sources for himself , and made some extensive last-minute changes . |
| 4 | The ‘ Minister of the Crown ’ role was hung on little Colin Moynihan for a day or two while everyone tried not to laugh ; he was , after all , only just over five foot tall and Minister for Sport and he had , after all , not slept with Pamella , only been with her at the Winter Ball . |
| 5 | He sat in the corner of the Silver Shuriken , as far away from the bleeding video jukebox and bleeping zapper games as possible , sipping the foul antifreeze that passed for beer in the U.S. of Bloody A. He would have cut off his left doughnut and sold it to Johnny Galtieri for a pint of Six X Wadsworth , two bacon-and-cheddar sarnies and a packet of crisps with a blue twist of salt in them . |
| 6 | Cricket and Empire started life as film research commissioned by David Puttnam for a film on Bodyline that was never made — losing out to the unintentionally funny Australian TV mini-series many readers will remember from the early 1980s : ‘ David wanted me to find the ‘ smoking gun ’ . |
| 7 | Darlington magistrates fined David Humphreys for a series of pollution offences , but he said he could not pay the fines and faced bankruptcy . |
| 8 | PLACE your bets with Bugsy and you could be jetting to Las Vegas for a week in the gambling capital of the world . |
| 9 | It flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for a show and a visit to city casinos . |
| 10 | You maybe want to take Miss Ellen for a ride in Starkisser ? ’ |
| 11 | The extra for dual in the UK ranges from an average of £6.40 per hour for Wales to £12.23 per hour in Western England-South-East England for a change being close to the average . |
| 12 | The three Unionists then crossed Downing Street for a meeting with Bonar Law . |
| 13 | The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month . |
| 14 | From Mrs. Croll for a concert by her pupils in December on 21st or 22nd December . |
| 15 | From Mrs. Croll for a concert by her pupils in December on 21st or 22nd December . |
| 16 | Mr G. Hearse for a ticket cabinet and a cash donation ; |
| 17 | Davis , who has n't won a world ranking event for 13 months , now faces Devon 's Andy Hicks for a place in tomorrow 's final . |
| 18 | A five-year-old boy called in , asking Mrs. Waller for a drink . |
| 19 | There will be no one to speak with except Miss Blagden for a month or two when she comes to inspect the Casa Guidi before leaving Florence herself and otherwise not a solitary congenial soul . |
| 20 | The Cheeses of England and Wales and Zanussi take to the road with BBC Good Food cookery editor Linda Fraser for a programme of culinary events |
| 21 | ‘ Hugh Parnham for a start . ’ |
| 22 | Illustration by Gustav Doré for a edition of ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ , 1877 |
| 23 | It 's no use coming to the village of Eastham north of Tenbury Wells for a drink ; there 's no pub . |
| 24 | ‘ They had Canon Wheeler for an hour first , I gather , ’ Julia said with relish . |
| 25 | The following day we left Loch Broom for a passage south to Oban . |
| 26 | We can go down to Aquae Sulis for a bit of steaming an' that , you need to get away funny time of the moon coming up , know what I mean ? |
| 27 | Having traded in a Levin Goliath for a Martin D35 in 1972 , I can give Mick Silva , your ‘ Levin Lover ’ of October some further information . |
| 28 | At the Paris pret-a-porter shows last month , there were 70 of these women among the 300 photographers who registered with the Chambre Syndicale for a Photographe pass . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , large numbers of Namibians are extremely poor and many more are still dependent on remittances from workers in South Africa for a living . |
| 30 | The NPKC travelled to Chiang Mai for an audience with the King on Feb. 23 . |