Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former Arsenal players , notably Joe Mercer and , today , Terry Neill , have carried on their taste for forward play into the realms of management . |
| 2 | There is every possibility that he has mixed up his candidates for unity and division . |
| 3 | In fact , he may have already turned down his opportunity for advancement . |
| 4 | A commercial bank had turned down his application for a loan because he could not provide collateral and besides , the money he needed was ‘ too small ’ . |
| 5 | She has not written up her data for publication . |
| 6 | ‘ I have hung up my guns for good . ’ |
| 7 | You 've made up my mind for me . ’ |
| 8 | I thought well that 's made up my mind for me . |
| 9 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |
| 10 | I think Tony 's made up his mind for which he 's , school he 's he 's going to go to . |
| 11 | Something that finally made up your mind for you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The problem is that the Government has n't properly thought through its proposals for contaminated land , ’ says Mr Humber . |
| 13 | Metrologie International SA , Paris , reported yesterday that turnover for 1992 slumped 35% to the equivalent of $470m , and that turnover from continuing operations fell 23.6% in the last quarter and 15.7% in the year as a whole ; it has not yet totted up its loss for 1992 . |
| 14 | She had offered up her illness for her mother 's soul . |
| 15 | The sky had darkened to violet by the time Mortimer had formed up his troops for the march out of town , and a star-speckled dome was overhead when the column of fifty Marines , plus Benny , Ace and Petion marched out of Port-au-Prince at a slight jog . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've given up my life for a fool and he 's never even noticed it . |
| 17 | The themes centred around the lone legionnaire who has given up his past for the Legion , yet still longs for his former life and forgotten loves , his home and his happiness . |
| 18 | One of the special provisions God seems to keep tucked up his sleeves for times of particular need . |
| 19 | James Menzies had locked up his warehouse for the day and come over in time to be included in the lengthening list . |
| 20 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 21 | She would have laid down her life for you . ’ |
| 22 | He heard Izz 's words again and again in his head : She would have laid down her life for you . |
| 23 | He remembered the words of Izz Huett : She would have laid down her life for you . |
| 24 | Once , she would have laid down her life for this man , and the memory of that devotion could still make her soul weep . |
| 25 | I told her that at last I knew what really had happened to my father , her beloved husband , the man who had laid down his life for his country . |
| 26 | They have not even set out their parameters for the financing of the station . |
| 27 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has set out its proposals for the development of water resources in Britain over the next 30 years . |
| 28 | PTI reported on Feb. 2 that the separatist United Liberation Front of Assam ( ULFA ) had set out its terms for discussions with the central government in a recent letter to the state Governor D. D. Thakur . |
| 29 | Kermode has set out his reasons for refusing it in Essays on Fiction , and Lodge has remarked , ‘ To open a book or article by … |
| 30 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale has set out his stall for next season and plans a cautious plunge into the transfer market this summer . |