Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pos pn] [noun] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time . |
| 2 | Once , she would have laid down her life for this man , and the memory of that devotion could still make her soul weep . |
| 3 | Mr Brownlow walked up and down his room for several minutes , deep in thought . |
| 4 | ‘ If the IRA think they can pass on their responsibility for this terrible act by issuing such a nonsensical statement , then they have sadly underestimated the understanding of the British public . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I ought to put you over my knee for that , ’ he gritted out . |
| 6 | It 's no fair reason they do n't want to be with me. anybody could go off their head for that . |
| 7 | The employer could even suspend production and live off his wealth for some considerable time . |
| 8 | He will chalk up my shot for another day . ’ |
| 9 | I think I need to build up my strength for this afternoon . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I saved up my overtime for that washer , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ But I 'm certainly not giving up my commission for some possible Winter Sports . ’ |
| 12 | Rachel gave a weak smile and lifted up her cup for more coffee . |
| 13 | Amy had screwed up her courage for this . |
| 14 | Mrs Goreng had something up her sleeve for this . |
| 15 | However if this is what the old person wants , one of the most helpful things we can do is to back up their wish for this to happen . |
| 16 | Lewis was a mainstream Anglican who had angered Tolkien , on his conversion , by preferring Canterbury to Rome ; but his title Mere Christianity ( 1952 ) summed up his disdain for all denominational differences , and he never accepted the charge of belonging to any one wing of the Church . |
| 17 | Its vast size probably explains why it did not sell and , as it cluttered up his hallway for some time afterwards , Minton later gave it to the Royal College student and animal illustrator John Norris Wood . |
| 18 | How many had come into this squat or that , asking , " Any of your soup left , Alice ? " and then sat breaking bread into it , handing back their plates for more . |
| 19 | The purges have proved to be one of the most hotly debated topics for historians because , due to the harsh censorship and killing of many opponents of Stalin , there is a lack of opinion and primary sources which show how they affected the whole country , and nobody could read Stalin 's obviously warped mind to find out his reasons for this holocaust . |
| 20 | He held out his bowl for another helping . |
| 21 | He pressed his back against the stone wall and stretched out his hand for some food . |
| 22 | He did n't single out his children for this . |
| 23 | to get so you 've worked out your scale for this one that goes along the X axis . |
| 24 | Following his time at Clanna , he moved into Camp Mill , still carrying on his trade for some years . |