Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 29-year-old Scot , a £225,000 summer capture from Millwall , has struggled to find his form on Wearside but all that changed when he came on for the injured Don Goodman after just 12 minutes of Saturday 's game against Barnsley . |
| 2 | He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club . |
| 3 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 4 | The race is on for the spare hand-outs |
| 5 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 6 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 7 | Memphis signed on for the subsequent tour and expanded the exhibition , featuring the Rameses Colossus in the 1987 showing in the Memphis Cook Convention Center . |
| 8 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 9 | The last I heard Trish was going to become a teacher , I mean I I we are supposed to be trying to think about whether we can have a sh a panel that we of people that we can call on for the short term crisis appointments or whatever , but |
| 10 | Arguments about this change continue to rage , and will probably burn on for the foreseeable future . |
| 11 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 12 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 13 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 14 | And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger . |
| 15 | This extends to his judicious choice of tempi which thankfully avoids the ‘ brakes on for the big melodies ’ approach , which in some versions comes close to collapsing the entire edifice under its own emotional weight . |
| 16 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister had his head down for the vast majority of the speech , assiduously following the whole of the 57 pages either to avoid the accusatory , glaring eyes of the Opposition or to check that his Chancellor did not deviate from the text . |
| 18 | As he pushed the nose down for the final approach , he extended down the undercarriage . |
| 19 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 20 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 21 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 22 | The opposition to Raybestos then appeared to die down for the following year , only to return with a vengeance in 1980 . |
| 23 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 24 | The base , a tent camp which is operated by Adventure Network International , is in the process of being run down ready to close down for the Antarctic winter . |
| 25 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
| 26 | His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun . |
| 27 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
| 28 | So Morag when she came down , came down for the whole week . |
| 29 | If one suspect confesses and implicates the other , who does not confess , the confessor will go free as a reward for cooperation , while the partner is sent down for the maximum sentence , 10 years . |
| 30 | Another £100.000 was put down for the National Union of Journalists , despite its clear and well-known policy of not investing in newspapers because of the inevitable conflict of interest in its role as champion of higher wages for journalists . |