Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask for a Parcelforce Claim Form , at a post office counter , or call your local Customer Care Unit who will send you one . |
| 2 | for a satin box of buried treasure — the feel of a fontanelle , buttocks |
| 3 | Sound and presentation are also acceptable for a film licence and the basic design behind the game is perfectly plausible . |
| 4 | He said he would ask Sir David Attenborough to help her , which he did by checking out her agent and saying he would look out for a film part for her . ’ |
| 5 | While we had n't asked for a film sample it 's worth knowing that all bureau should be able to offer this service — it can save time and money at the printing end . |
| 6 | Except for a film version of Leoncavallo 's Pagliacci , his film career was mainly an extension of his operetta activities . |
| 7 | More than once she has been asked , without prior warning , to sit down there and then and play an instrument — usually for a film sequence — and she always complies without a flicker of nerves . |
| 8 | It might seem a smaller risk to stick to stores and wait for a retailing boom to return . |
| 9 | Blackwell produced an ingenious if not wholly convincing scheme for a land bank , to provide credit and to help overcome the colony 's chronic shortage of specie . |
| 10 | During 1696 he was appointed one of the commissioners to receive subscriptions for a land bank , but the subscription failed ; and in 1697 he was made one of the trustees for circulating exchequer bills . |
| 11 | In 1721 there was another vacancy for a land surveyor at Port Glasgow , and this time the strongest solicitation was made by George Smollett , whose father was one of the major political figures in the Glasgow district of burghs through his control of the town council of Dumbarton . |
| 12 | A railway link came to be essential for a seaside resort . |
| 13 | In August , we rented a house in Wales , and Shanti and Chris , our son Barney and his wife Veronika , and their children Mark and Rachel all joined us for a seaside holiday . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't come here for a pen portrait . |
| 15 | So , for a card magic party you could have ‘ pick a card ’ , for a football party you could have ‘ score a goal ’ or ‘ touchdown ’ , and for a cowboy party you could have ‘ home on the range ’ . |
| 16 | SIR GEOFFREY LITTLER , a former Treasury official and currently a director of NatWest Investment Bank , has been asked by the International Stock Exchange to head a committee which will develop proposals for a clearing house in securities . |
| 17 | It had been a long day — the children safely delivered to Grandma , the freezer full of food ( for a husband to cope on his own ) , leotards and tights packed along with all the other paraphernalia needed for a Medau display . |
| 18 | ‘ It was so late when we finished yesterday that I queued up for 20 minutes for a takeaway hamburger , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe your dybbuk 's gone , ’ says Naomi afterwards , as they pause for a takeaway kebab . |
| 20 | The unsuspecting victim was horrified when a ‘ corpse ’ leaned out of an open coffin to ask him for a takeaway pizza . |
| 21 | Here , unfortunately , no restaurant area is yet available to allow customers to eat what they buy where they buy it , but the time spent waiting for a takeaway sandwich will be an invaluable education in Italian food . |
| 22 | The agency wants to keep them as collateral for a securitisation package it plans to sell later this year . |
| 23 | And today they will jet away for a dream honeymoon in Barbados sponsored by Caribbean Gold . |
| 24 | In total the Christie 's sale sold 92.4% by value , realising £803,088 ( $1,261,650 ) , the highest total for a photography sale in London to date . |
| 25 | It attracted me like a magnet when I was a youth , and soon as I could leave school I was up at the course for a caddying job . |
| 26 | For a nurse crop ½ kg. ( or at the most ¾ kg. plus ¼ kg. of turnips ) to the acre is ample ; it is not easy to broadcast such a small quantity by itself , but mixed with the grass seeds , it can be sown successfully by fiddle or seed barrow . |
| 27 | £150 for a Nurse Shark |
| 28 | When the suggestion of a flight along the whole coastline of South Devon and Cornwall , stopping perhaps for a cream tea at Land 's End , and back up along North Cornwall , Devon and Somerset was made , it struck me as a perfect combination of scenic beauty and very little flight planning . |
| 29 | For the interview she opted for a cream silk shirt , and a tailored black skirt . |
| 30 | You could always cheat a little and use skeletonised leaves for a cream colouring , though if you look carefully through your collection of pressed materials you may find quite a few unusual shades . |