Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dark close , a dark eerie house with silent people inside , and confused , childish tales of evil spells and horror — all made up for the ostracism of the two Rosin children . |
| 2 | Our jolly attendant makes one more and final round , checking that we are all tucked in for the night . |
| 3 | Yet anyone who cocked an ear to their self-titled debut EP earlier this year will have been impressed by how un-English it was , both in its rough-hewn melancholic tangle — most obviously echoing both Buffalo Tom and the N-band , though not actually resembling either — and the absence of what has now become the standard English guitar-band attitude : jumped-up barrow boys jostling those same old post-punk moves , all looking out for the main chance and a quick route to the charts . |
| 4 | It may be that the poll tax was used as a pretext for anarchists , militants and other left-wing Labour Party fellow travellers to encourage riots and civil disorder , but many joined in for the kicks and cared little about the issue . |
| 5 | Yet all turned out for the best : on 20 July 1836 , Daniel Jones returned Benjamin his indenture , only too pleased to inscribe on the back of it the fact that he had appreciated the boy 's seven years with him , and making him a generous gift of five pounds in the process . |
| 6 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 7 | I 'm , I 'm the only one working now , they 've , they 've all packed up for the day . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Have you got it all worked out for the Moslems too ? ’ asked Georgiades . |
| 10 | Field experiments with stuffed birds also demonstrate that different species of small birds all close in for the attack on a hated enemy — in this case not a predator but a cuckoo . |
| 11 | So I just kept on my way , letting then all come along for the ride , while I hunted for confirmation of what I suspected and feared about Gharr . |
| 12 | ‘ It 'll all turn out for the best , you mark my words . |
| 13 | ‘ Joan , it will all turn out for the best — I know it will , ’ Anne assured her , seating herself on the edge of the bed . |
| 14 | There 's more to worry about for the team leaders and their directeurs sportifs . |
| 15 | You got two more to put in for the next tape . |
| 16 | The inspection is similar to that carried out for the Structural Survey , however because the report is in a standard format , the information conveyed is more concise and limited in order to identify the more important defects , bearing in mind the property 's type and age . |
| 17 | that makes up for the time you , then doing the |
| 18 | Both make up for the lack of nutrients in the soil by trapping and digesting small insects . |
| 19 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |