Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local volunteer schemes may be able to arrange a regular visitor or you could contact an employment agency or advertise for a kindly ‘ sitter ’ . |
| 2 | a handy refuge for many punters fed up with processed pop , but the indigenous musics of Zimbabwe , Soweto or Venezuela will never serve the same purpose as Gim me Shelter or Relax for a British , French or American listener . |
| 3 | But the committee was hopelessly divided on what it meant by Christian hope — whether it was hope for peace and perfection in this world , or hope for a future life , or hope only of forgiveness at the last . |
| 4 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 5 | Make no mistake about what I mean by selling : it does n't matter if you are trying to get people to buy tins of beans , contribute money to starving millions , or vote for a certain politician , you are selling the product , social cause , or person . |
| 6 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 7 | It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city . |
| 8 | ‘ The water heater broke recently , and we simply ca n't use funds to repair it , or pay for a new one . |
| 9 | Clearly , this is not practical in terms of safety or comfort for a small child . |
| 10 | Telephone or write for a personal itinerary today . |
| 11 | PLEASE TELEPHONE OR WRITE FOR A FREE CATALOGUE OF ALL OUR PRODUCTS |
| 12 | If you want to learn more about horses you either have to go and work in a training yard or enrol for a college-based course — right ? |
| 13 | The desire or need for a fresh start arose either because , as in the United States , some neighbouring communities wished to unite together under a new government ; or because , as in Austria or Hungary or Czechoslovakia after 1918 , communities had been released from an Empire as the result of a war and were now free to govern themselves ; or because , as in France in 1789 or the U.S.S.R. in 1917 , a revolution had made a break with the past and a new form of government on new principles was desired ; or because , as in Germany after 1918 or in France in 1875 or in 1946 , defeat in war had broken the continuity of government and a fresh start was needed after the war . |
| 14 | Whatever the colour scheme , whatever the style , these pretty white duvet covers and pillowcases from Lace Lady will fit in like a dream — and make for a good night 's sleep . |
| 15 | The first is that with another ten years of John Paul 's rule , the silencing of awkward bishops and theologians , the appointment to the episcopate of a most carefully selected team of neo-conservatives , a rather traditionalist form of Catholicism will , in fact , harden and remain for a long time effectively unchangeable . |
| 16 | But it does need to be borne in mind that although this form of sudden death can create such instantaneous reactions there are also people who hide and keep quiet and suffer for a long time before finding the opportunity to talk to someone about their feelings or until another trigger sets them grieving . |
| 17 | These predisposed combinations are called co-occurrence relations or collocations , and account for a large proportion of English word combinations [ Smadja , 1989 ] . |
| 18 | In spite of knowledge of precautions , injuries from accidents during sport and leisure activities are common-place and account for a significant proportion of emergency admission to hospitals . |
| 19 | As EMS currencies are pegged to each other and account for a big part of each other 's baskets , the stability of the trade-weighted values of the French franc and the D-mark compared with the dollar and the yen is no surprise . |
| 20 | NCR Corp 's Hauppauge , New York-based subsidiary Applied Digital Data Systems Inc has signed a co-marketing agreement with Structured Software Solutions Inc for ADDS to distribute the latter 's FacetTerm Window and session manager software with ADDS ' AlphaWindow and character terminals , making ADDS the only terminal manufacturer to offer windowing systems on both character and AlphaWindow terminals ; to encourage evaluations , value-added resellers can currently buy a single AlphaWindow terminal and FacetTerm for a reduced price of $350 . |
| 21 | support a continued moratorium on hunting the great whales , and push for a similar body to the International Whaling Commission to take responsibility for the 66 small cetaceans currently unprotected |
| 22 | Contact your local authority to determine what their plans are and press for a coherent strategy that includes maintaining community and voluntary sector initiatives . |
| 23 | In particular , will he urge that the Indonesians should immediately abandon the trial of the two East Timorese survivors and press for a full United Nations investigation ? |
| 24 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while . |
| 25 | If your flow of ideas dries up , return to your central idea and wait for a new thought . |
| 26 | The manager rejects any suggestion that his club may now think of themselves as being too big for the domestic stage , and yearn for a European set-up that mirrors the depth of their ambition and earning power . |
| 27 | In Al Ain , as everywhere , fathers normally look for the happiness of their children and hope for a compatible , genial match . |
| 28 | But he dreamed of a free Namibia , and asked the conference to send Swapo a message of solidarity and support for a massive victory in a free Namibian election . |
| 29 | JUNE 30 : At the EGM , the BRDC members vote down a resolution by directors to ratify the deal and vote for a special resolution to have it unwound . |
| 30 | After Williams comes Benneton from Enstone … they 've signed up Ricardo Patrese to partner Schumacher … and watch for a young Brazillian by the name of Rubens Barrichello … he 's the new wizz kid in the Jordan team … |