Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hatim immediately applied for the job but had since discovered that so had eleven out of fifteen professors in his department , and he was not hopeful of success . |
| 2 | South African rugby has really come to this : a game for 90 players from the Transvaal , Northern Transvaal , Western Province , Eastern Province , Orange Free State and Natal who get wonderfully reimbursed for the expense of now playing 23 or more first-class fixtures in a season against one another while the rest hardly get a look in . |
| 3 | I 've only come for the afternoon because Sheila 's off sick . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel I 've just auditioned for the part of a human being and I did n't get the job . ’ |
| 5 | So after your walk , let the Japanese Ambassador know that you 've just walked for the whales — and why . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just come for the skirt your mum 's fixed for me , ’ she said . |
| 7 | So if you could precis or select from the text that you 've already prepared for the annual report , something that will go in there that says why your functions are |
| 8 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 9 | I 'll tell him what we 've already arranged for the week and find out if there are any special requests or queries . |
| 10 | the provision of electricity and water to the site , but within the original budget and with the estimates and quotations we 've had , there will be some money available for the erection of a small sign , so perhaps er I propose that we do that within the budget that we 've already established for the purchase of the ground , wh which is within budget at the moment , so if there 's any spare after the provision of electricity and water to the site , suggested . |
| 11 | If you 've already paid for the room , what 's it to him ? ’ |
| 12 | No , but , you , you see what I 'm trying to get at eh Chris , we 've already paid once for this service and then , then asking us to pay again , which annoys me , you 've already paid for the system and there asking you to pay again . |
| 13 | Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology . |
| 14 | I 've not cared for the last few at all , but this one I 'd definitely play on the radio . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The most effective publicity we 've ever had for the Community is the European Ryder Cup Golf Team . |
| 16 | Darlington police have since apologised for the mix-up . |
| 17 | Where the parties have not only required a step to be taken within a specified time but have expressly provided for the consequences in case of default , this provides an indication , of greater or less strength , that time is to be of the essence , but it is not necessarily decisive . |
| 18 | This is something we have all known for the past few months . |
| 19 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 20 | Since then , I have only translated for the stage . |
| 21 | Then , equally important , George Bush must sell that deal to Congress with far more enthusiasm than his officials have lately shown for the multilateral approach to trade reform . |
| 22 | All the expensive consultants ’ work has been done , all the donkey work is over , everyone is exhausted , and some of the public have already applied for the shares , so very reluctantly I will take no action . |
| 23 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 24 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 25 | Leading Tories in Northern Ireland have already called for the extension of the poll tax to the province . |
| 26 | CPMA Managing Director , Nigel Rushman , claims that several other sponsors have already signed for the Sevens spectacular in April at Murrayfield , but for a variety of reasons none has come out of the woods yet . |
| 27 | Defender Andrei Ivanov said : ‘ It would be very wrong of us to think that Spartak have already qualified for the quarter-finals . |
| 28 | Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , said that " the arrogant alliance forces have not united for the sake of righteousness … but have come to victimize fraternal Iraq " . |
| 29 | Most of those could be animals whose consignors have not applied for the special beef premium payment ( BSPS ) or which do not carry a CCD ( Cattle Control Document ) or passport . |
| 30 | The Labour party cloaks under expressions such as ’ attack on civil rights ’ the fact that such people have not registered for the tax and have been indulging in tax avoidance , a practice for which the Labour party still shows some sympathy . |