Example sentences of "some [noun sg] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd swapped some toy cars for a set of poker dice in a red leather case . |
| 2 | I 'd done some wedding stationery for a friend , and I 'd painted two hundred and twenty pieces , er erm , sheets of wedding stationery for her , with erm , bud roses and things , I think I might have shown you one , actually . |
| 3 | The opposition to Ershad remained fragmented and divided during 1989 , in spite of appeals by some opposition figures for a united front against him . |
| 4 | There was some committee approval for a small selective membership because ‘ it facilitated decision making ’ , despite its exclusivity . |
| 5 | The call by some district societies for a director general for the Institute ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September , p 11 ) is a symptom of the difficulties facing the profession . |
| 6 | The subsequent lengthy coalition negotiations had revealed the preference of some ÖVP members for a coalition with the right-wing Liberal Party ( FPÖ ) , which together had formed the government in 1983-87 . |
| 7 | Well you could buy yourself some golf stuff for a hundred could n't you ? |
| 8 | But Ember was saying with a quiet despair of his own , ‘ Or maybe chop a little off his brain to grow some cortex material for a rich man whose head 's on fire with cancer . |