Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calm and quiet , Trent picked him as the technical adviser along for the trip but without direct responsibility for the outcome . |
| 2 | Go and get nine tickets , or I start right up all the bloody year round for that . |
| 3 | Do you feel that was the right way round for you ? |
| 4 | well if you do that to it , to something , no wonder , is that the right way round for you ? |
| 5 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 6 | Here the tall and lanky Simon Lay , kitted out in high heels and hip hugging skirt , as Chrissie , the shy lass out for her first contest , evokes some sympathy but the character is merely a vehicle to introduce a stream of smutty dialogue into the proceedings . |
| 7 | Other countries use bells to summon people to church but only the English go in for that cascading sound from a ring of six or more bells — ‘ change ringing ’ . |
| 8 | As a result , when it comes to his turn to be on top of his wife again , he falls down backwards on to her ( 4281 ) , the wrong way around for sexual intercourse , as she sleeps with John after their night-time labours . |
| 9 | Whereas that 's the wrong way round for us . |
| 10 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 11 | Difficult to get the old fire up for the Greater Glory of flag , Empire and Prime Minister Ian Paisley , but hearth , home and humping still meant something in this godrotten hellhole khazipit of a world . |
| 12 | Jump diagonally forwards with the front leg and pick the rear foot up for a high roundhouse kick . |
| 13 | I put the central heating on for one hour before the kids go to bed and one hour before they get up . |
| 14 | It 's the second time around for both of them , but they are clearly devoted to each other . |
| 15 | If Mr Nitschke is right about the hotel being the last of its type in London , it will be the second time around for the property . |
| 16 | This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer . |
| 17 | Ashley scrambled eggs which she and Thomas ate outside on the leafy vine-shaded terrace and then , following her regular routine , she put the little boy down for his nap . |
| 18 | Shall I make the little thingumajig up for you ? |
| 19 | Setting his sights on the lucrative prizes up for grabs in the Daily Mirror/Manx Airlines sponsored event is classy Kenyan Jimmy Muindi , the current World Junior steeplechase champion . |
| 20 | That would be the natural way in for any stranger wanting to attend a service . |
| 21 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 22 | The basic set up for most drifting situations is a sliding float and stop knot arrangement ( fig 2 above ) . |
| 23 | Our Washington correspondent Nick Peters has been telling Richard Dalling about the likely issues up for discussion . |
| 24 | He omitted , as he was wont to do , his middle name , Norman ; he put the present year down for his date of birth , not 1934 ; and instead of entering ‘ Canadian ’ for his parents ' and his own nationality , he entered ‘ Jewish ’ . |
| 25 | She resisted the urge to say that was n't difficult , and sent the poor boy off for lunch . |
| 26 | When they put the heavy bag down for a rest and looked back , Mister Johnny had gone . |
| 27 | It was the only way out for her . |
| 28 | Unless the EC decides to treat them as a special case , it seems the only way out for them will be to give the toys away . |
| 29 | Forsaken as a route of any merit in ascent , it is the obligatory way down for parties summitting from the classic South Ridge of West Face climbs . |
| 30 | The Golden Girls on for half an hour . |