Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one of their underground galleries collapses , the buried ants tap out a call for help . |
| 2 | The firm badly needs this market share to buy time , so it can fully adapt to the new Windows world and carve out a place for itself in the growing groupware market . |
| 3 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 4 | He canna climb up a tree for a coconut , he canna go up the mountain for wild bananas . |
| 5 | So the question is this : if the developing property relations and pattern of financial flows within British capitalism increasingly open up a space for socialist argument in favour of planned investment to benefit both ‘ workers ’ and ‘ savers ’ ( substantially overlapping categories ) , how is that space to be exploited ? |
| 6 | O K , you pick up a bonus for that , anybody else on the team come up with something positive about unit linking that 'll make me say , yes , I like this one ? |
| 7 | Thus one liaison group teacher commented that when lower attaining pupils are abroad on school journeys they quickly pick up a feeling for the conversion rate of the local currency . |
| 8 | To get as close as possible to sea-dwelling fauna ( and perhaps pick up a crustacean for the lunchtable ) , take a short course in diving and snorkelling . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've had them make up a bed for you . |
| 10 | Draw up a plan for a supermarket using the following information : |
| 11 | Draw up a worksheet for Spain and enter the above transactions . |
| 12 | Such a conference would , among other things , debate the proposed legislation , and draw up a timetable for elections . |
| 13 | The issue was finally resolved in our day , as the government have now set up a pension for poets , a license to be lazy . |
| 14 | set up a network for news sharing for the religious print media , and |
| 15 | The letters spell out a plan for making RNA replicase : for making machines that make more copies of the very same RNA plans , that make more machines that make more copies of the plans , that make more … |
| 16 | The remarks in this section only sketch out a province for which a proper theory of discourse deixis might provide an account . |
| 17 | Go down go down a level for the first |
| 18 | Well in , and there 's one or two people here that 'll know what I 'm talking about , we 've had one of our local MPs on a consultancy basis for the Health Clinic , fix up a contract for his own particular company . |
| 19 | Traditionally , the centre-half , under the offside law as it then was , played chiefly as an attacker , but even before the offside law was changed in 1925 to increase goal-scoring chances , and thus bring about a need for stronger defence , he was becoming more a third defender . |
| 20 | Write down a prayer for any ‘ Brian Smarts ’ known to you . |
| 21 | Write out a chit for whatever you use , as usual . |
| 22 | Roebuck was very interested in Watt 's invention and suggested that he take out a patent for it . |
| 23 | Shall be to promote a spirit of brotherhood among the Members , stir up a desire for self improvement , smooth and tone down the angularities so largely the product of isolated effort , encourage and stimulate individual endeavour , and in short do everything possible to assist each Member to make the most of his or her God-given talents . |
| 24 | I hope you will not think that I , too , am ‘ adrift from realities ’ if I return to the charge and stake out a claim for a Penal Reform Bill in our legislative programme of social reconstruction after the war . |
| 25 | Work out work out a scheme for spelling and presentation . |
| 26 | 6 Make a list of material which could generate ongoing coverage over a three- or six-month period and work out a plan for offering both general releases and specific feature material . |
| 27 | 6 Work out a routine for updating the media list on a regular basis . |
| 28 | Now Eugenie 's apparent doubts about who her father is will fuel arguments over child custody as lawyers work out a deal for Fergie 's separation from Prince Andrew . |