Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 2 | In the 1970s the police were often concerned with the need to keep apart two rival groups , each of which had gathered together for a demonstration in the same place and at the same time . |
| 3 | A ‘ money bill ’ , one dealing essentially with financial matters , can be delayed only for a month . |
| 4 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry , yes , I was carried away for a moment there . |
| 6 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 7 | PILOT error was blamed yesterday for a North Sea helicopter crash in which six men were killed . |
| 8 | In East Africa a gracile and a robust form of man–ape seem to have coincided and overlapped ecologically for a time — perhaps in a manner comparable to chimpanzees and gorillas in certain areas of their ranges today . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't come here for a history lesson , ’ said the Doctor . |
| 10 | I 've looked everywhere for a weapon , but there 's nothing of any use , even if I had the strength and skill . |
| 11 | Yes he had booked there for a week , I think it was for a business meeting with Mr Sandy , that 's all I know . |
| 12 | The enemy artillery had opened up , lobbing heated roundshot on to the ice , smashing it into a multitude of floes , upon which men perched perilously for a time before toppling off into the lake . |
| 13 | Since action implies narrative , such figures are generally designed primarily for a profile view ( cf. above , p. 14 ) , while the ‘ repose-statue ’ ( the Kritian boy , Euenor 's Athena and their successors ) is meant to be seen from the front , like kouros and kore . |
| 14 | We have a great deal of sympathy er but whereas I do n't think some of the ideas that have been floated tonight for a Cornwall and Gibraltar West seat er or erm any kind of link up between Cornwall and any tail end of a Welsh seat we do n't think is practical and I think he 's got ta solve this problem er within the confines of Cornwall being regarded as part of England if not Anglo Saxon . |
| 15 | Those who made the journey to London might have done so for a variety of reasons . |
| 16 | I just certain , satisfy certain erm cattle requirements and carry on business in the sugar trade and of must done so for a period of time , I 'm looking at this , the third page in , top of the page , erm trade in office in London established without purpose erm now those the |
| 17 | weekend that we are arranging this summer as we have done annually for a number of years . |
| 18 | Indeed , 12 promising assistant managers are being selected annually for a development programme designed to prepare them for promotion to general managers . |
| 19 | John Hendrie burst through in the closing minutes , but his strong shot was pushed away for a corner by Bob Bolder . |
| 20 | After a preliminary strategic session in London , fields were divided into four cognate groups and each was visited separately for a day on the basis of a volume of field proposals and a critical review . |
| 21 | Abdominal symptoms in someone with diabetes may become urgent — advice should always be sought sooner for a person with diabetes . |
| 22 | The horse still searched desperately for a footing in the soft , moving earth of the cliff-side and Maggie felt that every bone in her body was jarred as the flying hoofs found what they sought . |
| 23 | It is therefore possible , if the arguments presented above for a small , co-citing cluster of journals in Scottish geology excluded from SCI 's Source Index are valid , that many citations will have been missed . |
| 24 | For example a bilingual fieldworker acceptable to an Asian community in Britain would probably need to be selected carefully for a range of characteristics such as religion , geographical provenance , or political affiliation , all of which are associated with a distinctive ethnicity . |
| 25 | I was waiting for Professor Avenarius whom I 'd occasionally met here for a chat . |
| 26 | Done well for a change . |
| 27 | ‘ And that will be when people stop saying ‘ Eeh , have n't you done well for a woman ’ . ’ |
| 28 | Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics . |
| 29 | The cavern was illuminated fully for a second . |
| 30 | It seems as though , when the need was felt again for a monument to adorn the last resting place of the rich and great , it was met by monumentalising the only existing art , that of painted pottery . |