Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marble can be sawn or broken up for building or burned for lime , and a great deal has certainly gone that way ; but the melting down of bronze for conversion to tools , utensils , armour , coin , is far more tempting . |
| 2 | On occasion there were more serious charges where preliminary hearings were held and the case either dismissed or passed on for trial at a higher court . |
| 3 | And when they have outlived their usefulness , they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments . |
| 4 | How many times have you faced the glares of your fellow shoppers in supermarkets as you struggle to pack your bags with one hand and write a cheque with the other , or fumble around for cash to pay for your goods . |
| 5 | One by one they sauntered out , or clustered together for safety in great rushes : all in theoretical navy and white , but with such imaginative variation in those two colours and where and how placed , and in what fabric , as to make their apparel singularly unalike . |
| 6 | Now I have a salaried job instead of running the home I have no time to do the shopping , take the car to the garage or wait in for service engineers of various sorts . |
| 7 | It is entertaining to see a group of loushe Parisian types forming a street band or filling in for cabaret . |
| 8 | She did n't smoke and never drank , preferring to spend her free time reading , watching television , visiting friends or going out for supper in modest bistros . |
| 9 | Or drop in for tea or supper . |
| 10 | Like the stoplist , the golist can also be displayed or printed out for consideration prior to updating or other modification . |
| 11 | Cruising round Beachy Head & Lighthouse to visit Eastbourne £9 ( concs & under 16 's £4.50 off ) or stay on for afternoon cruise ‘ round Royal Sovereign ’ £13.95 ( cons & and under 16 's £6.95 off ) . . |
| 12 | I wish I had a body , just an instrument to feel weary with or through , shoulders that slump , a head that tips back to face the sun , feet that drag , a voice that groans or sighs or asks hoarsely for forgiveness . |
| 13 | It is interesting to note that some , if not all , of this initial stimulus work can be recorded and made available individually for refreshing the memory , checking particular phenomena or making up for absence . |
| 14 | In a declining market one might well expect a business that had earlier established a dominant share position to be able to trade on this position in the short run and increase prices and profits , because rivals are unlikely to come into the market or compete strongly for market share . |
| 15 | Or melted down for soap . |
| 16 | Their only hope was a university scholarship or exhibition and , though a small number of refugees did find their way into university by this route , it was more common for those who wanted to continue their studies to attend evening classes or sign on for correspondence courses . |
| 17 | Otherwise there can be long delays while machines are sent away , or queue up for attention from the one person in the country who knows how they operate . |
| 18 | He has been particularly praised as an exponent of the French repertoire and plays regularly for Radio France and in French concert halls . |
| 19 | Taking the plunge at Antrim and stroking out for Battery Point seven miles away on Sunday , September 19 , will be Glen Lindsay , Tina Donnelly , Shawn Cavlin and Kieran O'Neill . |
| 20 | The second part is the most complete and up-to-date account so far of works by Piero Manzoni , organised in tandem with the biographical/historical part , documented by 1101 pieces and divided typologically for ease of consultation and to explain the artist 's modus operandi . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Beth Llewellin lives near Ellesmere in Shropshire , and goes there for family shopping . |
| 23 | Today the farm worker often works on his own and drives home for lunch on board his tractor . |
| 24 | The night came down over Bryn Glas , and the remnant of the Mortimer forces crept out of hiding , salvaged what they could , and made lamely for home with their wounds and their disgrace . |
| 25 | And she was suddenly denied job interviews and passed over for promotion , she said . |
| 26 | Once she was gone Bernard and Ellen were able to ask Jed and Prune round for Christmas dinner . |
| 27 | ‘ This produced a pretty farcical scene really with us both stopped on the track , but I managed to get away and hang on for second . |
| 28 | Add the courgettes , cover , and cook slowly for 4–5min until all the vegetables are soft . |
| 29 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
| 30 | He is looking up and out to sea in a southerly direction , and looking and listening desperately for sight or sound of Middleton — but that was not to be . |