Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more sophisticated form of level two is the coalition , where partners work together for some common purpose but do not have an identity of interest or concern and where one or other of the partners may withdraw leaving the other partner(s) to continue . |
| 2 | Research in child development suggests that there appear to be no differences between male and female humour , at least until school age , where boys go in for practical jokes more than girls . |
| 3 | Our survey shows that people with bank accounts are much more likely than others to shop around for credit , and to use lower-cost forms of credit . |
| 4 | If more than lip service is to be paid to the notion that we are all equal , then it must be first acknowledged that we are born unequal , and that some of us have to work harder than others to make up for it . |
| 5 | ‘ If things go well for me in the Football League during January I 'm sure I will be back in the green shirt . ’ |
| 6 | You 'd have to pay for your own food , because — unless things look up for us — we shall have to live on grass like Nebuchadnezzar ; but that would n't cost you £1 a week , so you could manage the fare , could n't you ? |
| 7 | It 's also great for families : ‘ Minders ’ give younger children their own holiday while parents sail away for the day . |
| 8 | While councillors came in for much criticism for being representative , health professionals had similar difficulties . |
| 9 | Expectations may be frustrated , however , since constraints operate differently for men and women at various points in the family cycle and career structure . |
| 10 | Newcomers concentrate on the winemaking and the flower arrangements , while locals head single-mindedly for the beer tent and the equally serious business of the vegetable show , a forum in which husbandry skill is still subject to public competition . |
| 11 | while hands reach out for other hands |
| 12 | Her scream whirled across the waves like debris in a tornado ; she pelted over the sand and through the trees like a creature when hunters close in for the kill . |
| 13 | To pack and process them he needed staff , so our terms stipulated a minimum of two months ' summer work , the understanding being that when contracts came up for renewal , priority would be given to those who had put in most time on the slime-line . |
| 14 | As well as books written specifically for school use , pupils should at some stage come into contact with biographies and memoirs , published diaries , historical fiction and some writings about local history . |
| 15 | She only realised that the meal had ended when Piers summoned across for the bill . |
| 16 | If you opt instead to send relatives and friends money to spend as they wish on their children , it 's worth shopping around as costs differ considerably for the various methods . |
| 17 | If you opt instead to send relatives and friends money to spend as they wish on their children , it 's worth shopping around as costs differ considerably for the various methods . |
| 18 | If you opt instead to send relatives and friends money to spend as they wish on their children , it 's worth shopping around as costs differ considerably for the various methods . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't like the situation and when Hibs came in for me , it made it easier to move . |
| 20 | Now I think the regeneration of the economy of North Yorkshire in general and Harrogate in particular will be a part of the regeneration of the national economy , when things turn right for the nation as a whole , they will turn right for North Yorkshire as a whole and for Harrogate in particular . |
| 21 | At lunch hours things get busy as customers queue up for the small range of soft pasta dishes and such daily specials as vegetable lasagne or a spicy Italian-sausage casserole — all moderately priced and consistently good . |
| 22 | THE pound had another tense day , struggling to hold its own on the exchanges as investors waited nervously for weekend opinion polls before deciding their next move . |
| 23 | The parents paraded with placards outside the Forest of Dean District Council offices as members turned up for a planning meeting . |
| 24 | Even when children care desperately for their elderly parents and have to put them in a home because of lack of personal resources , they are not always able to keep up regular contact because of moving to find employment . |
| 25 | Despite a slow start there was soon a reasonable amount of activity as students came in for their lunches . |
| 26 | These seemingly harmless four words are repeated several times to form the lyric ‘ As clouds roll by for you and I ’ . |
| 27 | How about ‘ As clouds roll by for me and Dai ’ , or ‘ As clouds roll by I spit in your eye ’ . |
| 28 | A study of a small savings bank in Massachusetts found that its branch-based salesmen sold more than three times as many policies as agents hired by the bank to do the same job , and five times as many as agents working directly for an insurer . |
| 29 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |
| 30 | As preparations moved ahead for the invasion of Europe , the American Army was landed in Scotland at the Gareloch and Loch Ryan . |