Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The machine was n't fit for this purpose so he had to good case to go back to Dixons and ask either for a replacement or his money back . |
| 2 | Mitchell is amongst those who argue against Firestone and hold out for the continuing relevance of Freud 's work . |
| 3 | Donna slid behind the wheel of the Volvo and sat there for a moment , looking back at the ruins . |
| 4 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 5 | I 'd go to Tenerife and stay there for ever . |
| 6 | There are plenty of non-book publishers with ranges very well suited to a general bookshop , and by far the best way to discover just what is available is to go to the gift trade 's International Spring Fair at the NEC , Birmingham from 7th to 11th February and find out for yourselves . |
| 7 | The Ring of Eight was originally founded to dance at Christchurch Folk Festival but as well as dancing at festivals we also travel to craft fairs around the South of England and perform locally for the National Trust and other charities . |
| 8 | I shall invite Roirbak and Malamute here for a meeting to give you more freedom . |
| 9 | John was full of invention , always making up steps and sequences which he called by odd names : for instance a stamping step he called ‘ Sherman tanks ’ , which he devised for the zephyrs in Primavera and used again for the unicorns in Harlequin in April . |
| 10 | He ended up in Nairobi and lived there for quite a long time . |
| 11 | I stayed in Brazil and worked hard for some years . |
| 12 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 13 | First violin Michael Thomas explains in the liner notes that in the early seventies they would often let their hair down in private , arranging and playing pieces from Joplin to the Beatles and Brubeck purely for fun . |
| 14 | That means you fly to Leningrad and stick around for orders from someone who will introduce himself with the words , ‘ The face of the city has changed . ’ |
| 15 | No ordinary carriage , not subject to any hasty conversion to ensure its usefulness , but out of the railway factory yards of Leningrad and designed only for transporting the prisoners . |
| 16 | In 1682 , he was forced to go back to Ireland and to stay there for 3 years . |
| 17 | WE ALL , I reckon , feel a nostalgia for the days before the First World War when we read that travel was simpler and you could go down to Victoria and light out for the Continent without bothering about a passport . |
| 18 | Be glanced towards Kelly and slowed down for a moment before speeding onwards . |
| 19 | For the FA Cup Finalists to go down Sunderland would have to lose their last three matches , with Oxford winning their final game at Tranmere and making up for their inferior goal difference , Plymouth and Newcastle also winning , and Grimsby getting at least a draw . |
| 20 | The attack began on 8 March and went well for the Italians at first . |
| 21 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 22 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 23 | When the full meeting of commissioners also failed to agree " without the authority of their lords " , they made a truce until 5 November and reported back for further instructions . |
| 24 | At the Plain roundabout go straight over into Cowley Road and continue along for about a mile and a half . |
| 25 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
| 26 | Henry and I reached London in early October and stayed there for a few months . |
| 27 | They 're especially pleased because artists of Springsteen 's stature normally head straight for Wembley and stay there for a week . |
| 28 | Once she was gone Bernard and Ellen were able to ask Jed and Prune round for Christmas dinner . |
| 29 | The player that Terry Venables would have loved to lure to Spurs unleashed a shot that struck the heels of Fonseca and fell kindly for Fonseca to shoot past Chris Woods . |
| 30 | It may be poetic irony , but I was attending a convention in Hong Kong and working resolutely for the cigarette manufacturers at the time of my infarct . |