Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [indef pn] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 If the water is available , a licence is issued , which gives the conditions under which the water can be taken , but , if there is insufficient water , the authority can refuse a licence or issue one for a smaller quantity .
2 Fortunately , modern enclosures are slowly replacing these cages which are cramped and provide nothing for the animal .
3 I 'll go and do something for an hour .
4 can if you want , in the it 's not that far to go around and use one for the whole day .
5 ‘ I 'll go and fix something for the kids ’ supper , ’ Leo offered .
6 Perhaps we would fling pride aside and ask someone for the price of a cup of tea , actually intending to spend it on that .
7 Sell all , retire to an obscure lodging and do anything for a living ?
8 When he finished , the DDI sat back and said nothing for a while , just digested it .
9 Inspector Aziz looked at her , and said nothing for a minute .
10 ‘ I 'm not the woman-hater who juggled eight women and kept lying to them all and kept them on a string and had one for every night , ’ he says .
11 Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’
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