Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb base] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket . |
| 2 | A teacher has only to say : " Now which of you girls did — " and my spots merge for a time into the scarlet background provided for them by the rest of my face . |
| 3 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 4 | Then they heard — their ears alert for the slightest changes in the grind of the traffic — a car slowing just behind them . |
| 5 | Isabel squeezed her eyes shut for a second . |
| 6 | A bead of moisture clung , and she squeezed her eyes shut for a second lest she reach out and lick it away . |
| 7 | Charlotte clamped her eyes shut for an instant to stave off frustration . |
| 8 | Chertsey , 4–0 winners at Bracknell , have moved into third place and brought their goals total for the season to 93 . |
| 9 | The foresters , both riding and walking , and their pages take for a cart two , three or four shillings , from some more and from others less according to their means , and for a pack-horse twelve , sixteen or eighteen pence , to raise their fine which they have made with the warden for their appointment ; this to the great destruction of the King 's forest and the grievance of those who have woods in the forest , for they suffer the carriers to go quit all through the year without attachment , and yet the King has no profit … |
| 10 | ALAMO ( 0800 272200 ) will rent out a Mercedes 190 at Heathrow for little more than its rivals charge for a Ford Fiesta . |
| 11 | With experienced guides , you can stroll among the seals and even feed some of the babies while their mothers go for a swim under the ice . |
| 12 | University or polytechnic students should apply to their Careers Service for a list of possible employers while school leavers may be advised by the school or college careers adviser or the local authority careers adviser . |
| 13 | Bob Sawyer is one of her lodgers ; he owes her rent , which this ‘ little fierce woman ’ bounces in to demand just before his guests arrive for a bachelor party . |
| 14 | But the Wimpey Homes Southampton regional director was happy to get his hands wet for a good cause . |
| 15 | Colin Stephens , the current Wales fly-half , took his points tally for the season into three figures with two penalties in the 11–11 draw at Pontypridd . |
| 16 | It may be that , in his desire to show how little support his findings give for the Blauner and Mallet theses about the determining influence of technology , Gallie underplays the role technology can play . |
| 17 | His eyebrows reach for the ceiling and he actually attempts to answer the question , as only somebody who spent years in psychotherapy would . |
| 18 | Therefore Dean and his colleagues argue for a less ‘ positivist ’ and a more broadly based research effort , including marxist and structural approaches . |
| 19 | If he plays today , the former England skipper is likely to play in front of the back four as anchor man , while his colleagues search for the away goal that would put the dour Muscovites under pressure . |
| 20 | I have in my own way tried to point out that , of the world 's leading rugby nations , the game in south Africa has suffered badly not only as a result of its years of isolation — as many of those who have just visited the country during the New Zealand and Australian tours believe — but precisely because our officials have for a very long time been at the forefront of the trend towards professionalism . |
| 21 | The recession that we 've gone through in materials and elsewhere in the economy has taught us , or should have taught us I believe , a very clear lesson and that is that we must end the situation that 's in the building materials industry where our members rely for a reasonable standard of living on bonus earnings the problem being of course that as soon as the recession starts to bite , then the bonus pay becomes very vulnerable to attack and reduction by the employers . |
| 22 | Between now and next Pack Meeting shall we all keep our eyes open and our minds alert for a place ? ’ |
| 23 | Our findings reveal for the first time death rates of babies born before term who survive into late adult life , although duration of gestation was recorded for only half of the men . |
| 24 | Our findings demonstrate for the first time increased expression of ET-1 in the lungs of patients with CFA compared with the lungs of subjects without CFA . |