Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summerill is staying on as chairman for the time being . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've said I 'll stand in as coach for the under-fifteens . |
| 3 | The house alone had been like a dream come true after the two-bedroomed flat on the outskirts of Stirling where she and her mother had lived in near penury for the past seven years since Shiona 's father 's death . |
| 4 | Population regulation , however , if it has any advantage at all , can only be a long-term one ; it must therefore be a consequence of individual decisions to emigrate , taken on the grounds that conditions will be better elsewhere , not on the grounds that the population level must be kept down in order for the local resources to be conserved . |
| 5 | The film is bogged down in exposition for the first hour , remains plodding , and shifts uncertainly between protagonists . |
| 6 | The right politician must be put in charge of the Treasury to bring the economy back to even keel , reduce the trade deficit and force both inflation and interest rates down in time for the next election . |
| 7 | Most of the away fans would make it down in time for the game and little else . |
| 8 | Latham stood in without notice for the indisposed Donald Maxwell , anticipating his own planned debut in the role by three months . |
| 9 | Catch a bus from the Lamb Inn down to Seaside for the shopping precincts . |
| 10 | The Cheshires received medals from commanding officer down to sergeant for the courage and leadership they displayed during their harrowing tour of duty in Bosnia . |
| 11 | Neil was also drafted in on bass for the Guitar Legends festival in Seville , alongside Brian May , Joe Satriani , Steve Vai et al , not to mention ‘ doing ’ The Stonk , the charity single which went to No 1 . |
| 12 | After Donal Lenihan 's withdrawal , the captaincy yesterday passed to Rob Andrew , the Lions stand-off in the second and third Test wins over the Wallabies , with Damian Cronin coming in at lock for the injured Irishman . |
| 13 | Oscar Santamaría left his post as Justice Minister on Jan. 24 and took over as Minister for the Presidency on Jan. 28 . |
| 14 | The speech came over the wires so late and the sheets were so confused by the Post Office — which is usual in these cases — that without the precis we could not possibly have got the leader through in time for the first edition . |
| 15 | Well I wa I was n't sure whether to , whether it would go through in time for the case and that 's why I have n't |
| 16 | Well I wa I was n't sure whether to whether it would come through in time for the case That 's why I did n't |
| 17 | Flinging over in bed for the hundredth time , she tried to ignore the subtle , spreading ache in her stomach whenever she thought about Roman 's last hungrily demanding kiss … |
| 18 | Eventually , the nine orangs were taken to the offices of the Ministry of the Environment ( which they proceeded to wreck ) and handed over in return for the jailed students . |
| 19 | His mother was over in Badstoneleigh for the day , seeing her sister , the dressmaker . |
| 20 | THE lights of the Empire State Building , the brightest jewel on the Manhattan skyline , have been switched off in retaliation for the jailing of Mrs Leona ‘ Queen Meanie ’ Helmsley , the self-styled Hotel Queen who failed to pay her million-dollar tax bill . |
| 21 | As soon as you have achieved this , you can completely cut out overtime payments and give people time off in lieu for the occasional overtime worked . |
| 22 | The next morning , after Master had gone off to school for the day , Sergeant decided to pay a visit to Riverbank to see his new friend Anabelle Hedgehog . |
| 23 | By the time I was ten , Granpa allowed me to lay out the morning wares on the barrow before going off to school for the day . |
| 24 | But nothing will ever make up for Amar for the total loss of mother , father , entire family , house and everything . |
| 25 | Up for sale for the Fox Box appeal , great . |
| 26 | It could be spent by the Training and Enterprise Councils ( TECs ) for the benefit of the people who run those organisations or simply end up as profit for the TECs . |
| 27 | I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it . |
| 28 | Given Russia 's high latitudinal position , her short farming season , low productivity , absence of markets , and scant incentives for yield improvement in the late Tsarist period and until the advent of NEP , the natural result was a strong peasant urge to supplement agricultural income by promysly ( craft industries ) , one of which was the production and working up of flax for the kustarnyi industry . |
| 29 | In Northamptonshire new book money has failed to keep up with inflation for the last three years … and charges have had to go up . |
| 30 | ‘ Charles never put up with discomfort for the sake of it , but this is carrying grandeur too far . ’ |