Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to arrange for a commemorative postage stamp to be printed with my portrait on it . |
| 2 | BP and Shell account for a large slice of petroleum tax payments because they operate mature fields that have lost their tax shelter . |
| 3 | But if you want to play for a good cause and strap on your box in the company of famous faces , challenge The Lord 's Taverners to a match . |
| 4 | If the members of a section want to vote for a full-time branch secretary , there was a member of that section , who 's been a full time branch secretary for longer than eighteen months , what right has anyone got to say they ca n't ? |
| 5 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 6 | Therefore , they tend to look for a certain ‘ type ’ . |
| 7 | The same applies in the labour market where workers made unemployed do not immediately reduce their asking wage and take up a new job — instead , they spend some ( possibly quite considerable ) time searching for a new job at the old wage . |
| 8 | You sound poised for a pleasant Christmas , which is nice . |
| 9 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 10 | You have now set sail for a new destination and it 's too late to turn back . |
| 11 | Leeds 0 Ipswich 0 ; Ipswich get praised for a resolute defence . |
| 12 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 13 | If you decide to go for a low-voltage set-up , work out how many lights you need and where they will be sited , so you can buy enough cable to connect them all up . |
| 14 | If you decide to go for a full conversion , it could cost about £8,000 to £10,000 of which 50 to 75 per cent could be added to the value of the house . |
| 15 | In 1989 outline planning for a similar development there by Bellway was refused by Middlesbrough Council 's economic development and planning committee . |
| 16 | Try to arrange for a written record of what has been agreed for the next meeting , so that you can work to an explicit plan . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's a real danger in the field of design these days that you become known for a specific style , like a particular type of chair , for instance , and that is all that people will ever want you to do . ’ |
| 18 | Give yourself a treat and go shopping for a new body with the INDEPENDENT TROLLEY TRAINER ! |
| 19 | So , as with lathes and the skilled turner , so also with the CAD system and the designer , possibilities do exist for a symbiotic relationship between the worker and the equipment . |
| 20 | What I do mean is that although most women do hope for a happy and loving relationship with their husbands , the attainment of this is not the purpose of marriage . |
| 21 | ‘ We do go for a certain amount of fragility . |
| 22 | Er during my comments yesterday sir , I you 'll not be surprised that if with a very strong emphasis on if , er the the panel do go for a new settlement , we do in York feel very strongly that er the issue of priority for public transport usage should be a very high one in this criteria . |
| 23 | Salford intend to advertise for a full-time successor to the First Division 's longest serving coach . |
| 24 | According to these sources , the Pope and the Secretariat of State intend to push for a firm public commitment to legalisation by Mr Gorbachev when he visits Italy and the Vatican at the end of November . |
| 25 | ‘ So I 've arranged for a whistle-stop tour around the country houses of some influential contacts , and there are one or two long-standing debts and favours due to me that I 'm going to call in over this weekend . ’ |
| 26 | He 's the nicest man I 've met for a long time . |
| 27 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 28 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 29 | Inner : one of the best inners I 've seen for a long time . |
| 30 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |