Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AST Research Inc 's agreement to buy Tandy Corp 's personal computer manufacturing business will shoot the Irvine , California company up to fourth place in the US market ahead of Dell Computer Corp and behind Apple Computer Inc , IBM Corp and Compaq Computer Corp — but why should anyone want to buy a personal computer manufacturer — after all no-one came in for bankrupt Everex Systems Inc : the answer is that the deal includes full access to Tandy 's retail stores — AST will supply machines to be sold under the Tandy brand name ; the plant in Scotland is also an attraction . |
| 2 | Then came three blank stubs , lastly one filled in for fifty pounds cash . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll be only too pleased to help get something sorted out for poor old Len ; life is n't exactly going to be easy for him . |
| 4 | The traveller who rides on a local bus can learn a lot : in the mountains of Greece everyone clings on for dear life and makes the sign of the cross at every bend in the road ; in the Thar Desert , Rajasthan , a sense of humour is essential , especially when the giggling driver moves the sheltering bus to reveal squatting passengers answering the call of nature , and in South America it helps if you do n't mind sitting next to a chicken or sharing the floor with a goat . |
| 5 | Anyone sitting down for extensive periods ( as we all had to do in our school days ) would have to tense many of the body 's muscles in order to sit up straight . |