Example sentences of "[coord] a [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) The period of 48 hours referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above shall not include a day which is a Sunday , Christmas Day , New Year 's Day , Good Friday , a bank holiday , or a public holiday , or a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning . |
| 2 | Henry Blake states that there are forty-seven basic verbal messages used by horses , although some seventeen of these are used in specific situations like a stallion courting a mare or a mare caring for her foal . |
| 3 | He argued that because Lloyd 's , as a market place , had its own effective communications network by word of mouth for anyone seeking a change of job or a company looking for a specialist , any use of headhunters was immediately suspicious . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) The buyer ( or a person acting for him , usually an authorised person ) may also circulate copies of the tender announcement to the offeree company , subject to compliance with the FSA . |
| 5 | ‘ With rare exceptions , in working-class families aid from grandparents to their adult children was at best symbolic : a parcel of rabbits from the country , or a turkey sent for Christmas . |
| 6 | Agreements not infrequently will provide that the mere fact of the presentation of a petition for a bankruptcy order by a creditor , or a partner applying for an interim order under s253 of the Insolvency Act 1986 , or a partner entering into a compromise for the benefit of his creditors generally , or even the circumstance of a partner being unable and having no reasonable prospect of being able to pay his debts , should make the power exercisable . |
| 7 | After we are registered we go into assembly and listen to one of the teachers or a guest speaking for ten minutes . |
| 8 | A meeting of the Committee of the Rambling Club , an essay or a report to prepare for next day , some knotty maths problems that seemed to have no solution , a party in the Junior Common Room , notes from a lecture on particle physics which needed tidying up ( Dr Glib talked so fast ! ) . |
| 9 | WE FAAK A park or a college closed for seemingly good reasons ; a city where one wishes one could live |
| 10 | what is the donkey pump a special sex position used by men with large organs an extra spare steam pump or a device used for ar artificial insemination of donkeys ? |
| 11 | Well you know where Penny 's old desk were , where she sat looking up towards the , and Jenny sat there and Joan sat there , this Janet was sitting there and on that Friday morning when the phone had rung , well I got up and I went to go upstairs to take something or a fax coming for me or something , and as I went past Lynnette hit me on my shoulder and she said it 's me Pat , Pat she said it 's me , oh Pat I said what 's , what 's going on ? |
| 12 | ‘ It would beggar belief even more for me to attend a ladies ’ sewing circle , or a Bible reading for that matter , ’ she replied , hardly able to keep amusement out of her voice . |
| 13 | The box was always somewhere on the floor by his bed , and was tied up with a bow , as if it was a precious parcel or a gift intended for a special person ; the bow was tied from a length of scarlet nylon ribbon which Boy had seen in the dustbin outside a florist 's , and had stolen , and taken home and ironed , having sensed at once that its splendid colour made it suitable for the tying up of this very special box . |
| 14 | He would sit slumped on a seat near a bar or a café waiting for her . |
| 15 | When a conductor spilt a cup of boiling water over Mrs Allason 's mother there was neither a first aid box on board nor a phone to call for help . |
| 16 | The last point is demonstrated by the fact that according to Johnson 's definition neither a lawyer working for a company nor a lawyer working for a neighbourhood centre would be a professional . |
| 17 | Details presented themselves to him with unusual clarity : the sprinkling of grey hairs among Henry 's curls ; an ambulance siren and a helicopter fighting for dominance outside ; and the dryness at the back of his throat which announced that his addiction to tobacco was craving to be fed . |
| 18 | There is a period of training in which joint reporting by a consultant and a registrar occurs for the first 50 studies . |
| 19 | If it takes an hour and five minutes , we charge an hour and a quarter to get for the time to get back . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've just spent an hour and a quarter waiting for him not to be here . ’ |
| 21 | Craig Luxton , a New Zealand-born scrum-half on the England periphery , rubbed salt into the self-inflicted wounds with a series of tap-penalties and darting thrusts , one of which led to a 90-metre break-out and a second try for Gavin Thompson — one of the game 's few high points . |
| 22 | The Brigade was probably the first youth group to emphasize the specific nature of ‘ boyhood ’ and to develop a programme and a philosophy designed for this stage of life . |
| 23 | The title of the Bill is read out , an order is made for the Bill to be published and a date fixed for the second reading . |
| 24 | If liability only is admitted , interlocutory judgment ( N 17 ) may be given and a date fixed for assessment or the plaintiff left to apply under Ord 22 , r 6. ( 2 ) If the defendant does not appear and has delivered no admission or defence , then judgment may be entered ( or directions given ) as the court thinks fit ( Ord 17 , r 7 ) . |
| 25 | On May 5 the Crimean Supreme Soviet declared the Crimea 's independence from Ukraine , pending negotiations with Ukraine and a referendum scheduled for Aug. 2 . |
| 26 | Highlights will include an istoriato plate depicting the ‘ Sack of Rome ’ , made in Urbino between 1527 and 1530 by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo ( est. $100,000–125,000 ; £62,500–78,125 ) , an armorial istoriato charger illustrating ‘ Orpheus charming the animals ’ of around 1520 ( est. $80,000–100,000 ; £50,000–62,500 ) and a tondino made for the Vitelli family of Città di Castello around 1530 ( est. $50,000–60,000 ; £31,250–37,500 ) . |
| 27 | Whereas Dysart had the bearing and features of an accomplished thirty-year-old , Ockleton lacked only short trousers and a catapult to pass for a skylarking schoolboy . |
| 28 | Into this climate came Channel 4 , set up with a percentage of advertising revenue from ITV and a remit to provide for ‘ minority ’ audiences . |
| 29 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 30 | After that exercise we spent an hour and a half preparing for the case study which we would have to accomplish the next day . |