Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 2 | You know they were only being taken on for a couple of months and they , they wanted to form a trade union but quite a lot of the tra er father Christmases would n't join a trade union . |
| 3 | She put the kettle on for a cup of coffee . |
| 4 | Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation . |
| 5 | Mrs. Feather says : " I 'll put the kettle on for a cup of tea . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got the kettle on for a cup of tea . ’ |
| 7 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 8 | ‘ You 're to ride Shine On for a spot of work . ’ |
| 9 | This output is in turn fed to a monostable made up from NAND gates IC4c , IC4d which is turned on for a period of a few milliseconds determined by the values of resistor R17 and capacitor C4 . |
| 10 | Caducius had been found by Alexander McKenn and Maurice Harknett in the 1960s and dived on for a period of time before being forgotten . |
| 11 | The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society . |
| 12 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 13 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |
| 14 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 15 | Usually , a band or artist will have only a short working life in which to earn sufficient money to live on for the rest of their lives . |
| 16 | Eight cars were illuminated , including car 3 of 1885 ( see p. 37 ) , and the lights were kept on for the rest of the season to enhance the scene . |
| 17 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 18 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 19 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 20 | How she missed that time — those few weeks , which now she would have to live on for the rest of her life . |
| 21 | This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw . |
| 22 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 23 | yes it 'd been about well on for the end of the war she got married . |
| 24 | One joke had a candidate for the Waffen-SS being asked at the muster whether he was willing to sign on for the duration of the war ; to which , he replied : ‘ No , at first only for twelve years . ’ |
| 25 | Put all that on for the attention of Mr Ray |
| 26 | And in some class rooms the kids are gon na go down for a variety of reasons , they 're gon na they 're gon na work their ticket and in other class rooms they wo n't ! |
| 27 | We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Boom , Boom , ’ says the boogieman , as he coolly shoots his lady down , rams her into his car , steers off to his house , gets a bang out of watching her walking the floor , and then settles down for a bit of baby talk . |
| 29 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 30 | Cook breast side down for a quarter of the cooking time . |