Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 It rumbled on for the rest of the week .
6 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 .
7 How she missed that time — those few weeks , which now she would have to live on for the rest of her life .
8 This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw .
9 He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening .
10 Right , the search is on for the person in the team who told me that Larry Adler 's birthday was today , and not February the tenth .
11 He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York .
12 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 .
13 yes it 'd been about well on for the end of the war she got married .
14 Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway .
15 Once more the search is on for the woman with the most beautiful hair — could it be you ?
16 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 . ’
17 For the patterns in the basic pack and the pattern libraries , the left hand light on the 580 and the EC1 ( or the right hand on earlier models ) must be on for the effect to be what the designer intended .
18 Put all that on for the attention of Mr Ray
19 She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable .
20 In the wide centre space , where one box alone stood along one wall , there was a comfortable chair for the redoubtable Ms Brown , along with a table , equipment lockers , a refrigerator and a heavy plastic water tank with a tap low down for the filling of buckets .
21 Lower bruised his left leg and was stood down for the rest of the afternoon by the course doctors .
22 BBC closed down for the rest of the day , except for news . ’
23 Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while .
24 At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to .
25 At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to .
26 Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’
27 When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets .
28 Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires .
29 When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge .
30 Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip .
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