Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she looks round one day for someone to borrow a fiver off she might , just might , notice I 'm not there . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And certainly rules out any motive for murder . ’ |
| 3 | Now when Mike gets up each morning for breakfast Natasha jumps into their bed and nestles up to Diana . |
| 4 | Anecdotal evidence suggests that the tabloid press stores up suitable material for use in election campaigns . |
| 5 | The structure of own resources implied by " once and for all " does appear to resolve the future flexibility of revenue to meet changing circumstances , although it opens up considerable potential for dispute , as it implies part of the revenue from income tax could be designated as " own resources " . |
| 6 | In a country where , as a popular song puts it , ‘ every son is born a soldier ’ and turns out each year for a spell of military service until he is well into middle age , the army has long been regarded as an essential part of the country 's armed neutrality . |
| 7 | Old Spannerbreaker picks up another award for his moody performance in a series of popular ads . |
| 8 | Company puts back controversial plan for waste incinerator . |
| 9 | Er a lady fetched it er for us to do and she comes back next week for it , just to put it on when anybody 's in , just a conversation , for new words for a dictionary or something |
| 10 | Even in times of rapid inflation , interest rates are generally so much higher than the rate of price inflation that saving up to buy later normally works out better value for money . |