Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was living off my car savings for a while , but then they ran out . |
| 2 | I tried thinking of others , more as a device than a good , and clenched my thigh muscles for a start , to give half an inch more room to the neighbors . |
| 3 | To revert to my opening discussion for a moment , one might say that the conflict between the drives of the id and the demands of the cultural superego represented above all in the taboos on incest and aggression against the father has become severely exacerbated and that , if Freud felt that in his day the balance was too far on the side of society and the superego , today it has swung too far in the direction of the individual and the id ; for it is clear that a balance between these two opposing fundamental forces is the essence of human existence . |
| 4 | So I think I would do away with my plum tomatoes for a start with something else . |
| 5 | These would be my iron rations for a hard day 's cruising the streets in Armstrong . |
| 6 | I would not for my amusement wish for a storm ; but as storms , whether wished or not , will sometimes happen , I may say , without violation of humanity , that I should willingly look out upon them from Slanes [ sic ] castle . ’ |
| 7 | I was just about ready to turn in my leather jacket for a Limnititzker housewife 's headscarf , anything for a passport into that secret world of hers … |
| 8 | At the baker 's I offered to exchange my leather gloves for a small cake , but the baker 's wife looked at my dirty clothes and said , ‘ I 'm sorry , but how do I know you have n't stolen them ? ’ |
| 9 | Otherwise I might trade in my detective work for a life on the boards . ’ |
| 10 | I exchanged my cassette player for a compact disc player , replaced my speakers with component speakers ( ie tweeter , midrange , mid bass and sub bass ) and added two amplifiers . |
| 11 | The Offtackle Plan of November 1949 referred to the need to retard a Soviet advance , but the Americans continued to refine their contingency plans for a fighting retreat to such peripheral positions in or around continental Europe as proved tenable against a Soviet offensive . |
| 12 | So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway . |
| 13 | Shoppers who are in any doubt should ask their card company for a new card . |
| 14 | Having impounded these two sets for the time , we give our full attention to such influences as the inducements which good fishing wages will offer to sailors to stay in their fishing homes for a year or two , instead of applying for work on a ship . |
| 15 | I want to attract people in their lunch hour for a bowl of spaghetti . ’ |
| 16 | An expert on air accidents believes that the aircraft was de-stabilised after opening its cargo door for a low-level drop . |
| 17 | Rayleen raised her eyebrows to the heavens and reached into her clutch bag for a pack of cigarettes . |
| 18 | They then remained undisturbed in their home cages for a further 16 days before experiencing the light again . |
| 19 | Rival Lunn Poly has extended its discounting campaign for a further three weeks to stimulate the lacklustre sector . |
| 20 | Some cat manuals solemnly instruct their readers in how to take their pet cats for a walk . |
| 21 | The Shakespeare School of English had switched off its neon light for a couple of months , and Oliver was at a loose end . |
| 22 | She often visits her parents — her father still works on the farm seven days a week at the age of 72 — but she has no plans to swap her desktop computer for a tobacco setting machine . |
| 23 | Hoddesdon depot opened its doors to the St John Ambulance in March when they offered their conference room for a training course as part of the organisation 's ‘ Breath of Life Week ’ . |
| 24 | They are likely to be in debt to their record company for a number of years . |
| 25 | Hence Sharon and partner Martin can only get to be with their pedigree chum for a few precious hours on Sunday mornings at kennels in Wickford . |
| 26 | Strike committees in Byelorussia decided to resume on May 22 the general strike which had gripped the republic in April [ see pp. 38129-30 ] , because a session of the republic 's Supreme Soviet which had opened on the previous day was still refusing to put on its agenda demands for a coalition government . |
| 27 | LURGAN residents may lose their water supply for a time on Sunday due to essential maintenance work . |
| 28 | AMS , in which IBM has a 10% stake , will be revamping its mainframe software for a range of environments using Open Interface . |
| 29 | Until the end of April , it 's binding an Ascom AM2496F modem with its UltraFAX software for a bargain £248 . |
| 30 | Those who came to the assembly are requested to ask their parish priest for a copy . |