Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun] in [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 28 Carlos Lehder Rivas , a former Medellín " drugs baron " currently serving a life sentence [ see p. 36278 ] , had agreed to testify against Noriega in return for a possible reduction of his prison sentence . |
| 2 | The new proposals contained a revised list of the territories the Gruagach were prepared to cede to Reflection in exchange for her daughter but Caspar , who had managed to get a look at these , had told Floy that the Gruagach were only ceding some barren bits of wasteland surrounding the Robemaker 's workshops , the Lake of Dhairbhreach — which nobody in their right minds would want — and a mountain or two . |
| 3 | I 'm not at all sure I 'm fit to drive but I have to if I 'm going to get to Inverness in time for the connecting flight . |
| 4 | ‘ As it happened , the kick-off was late — there was no fixed time then — and we were hard-pressed even to get to Edgehill in time for our train home , so in the rush we put our coats on over our playing kit for the journey . |
| 5 | Of course there is , there is the possibility , there is definitely going to be a reorganization , we sha n't have the same sort of input I do n't think , we sha n't be allowed to have the same sort of input in a totally undemocratic er , er , authority that 's going to be there where the , the governments will er , put er , most of the people on board , where the Home Secretary will decide on the Chairman , er , we do n't know what the government regulations are going to say about balances in terms for the new authority . |
| 6 | Banks were able to bid aggressively for wholesale deposits and to take in funds in return for the issue of certificates of deposit . |
| 7 | Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut , then Army C.-in-C. , ended the crisis on Feb. 2 when he persuaded the dockworkers to return to work in exchange for the government reconsidering the privatization issue . |
| 8 | This office was to move to Assam in preparation for developments planned for the Katha-Naba-Bhamo area . |
| 9 | Clause 52 of the Bill as introduced eventually became section 61 of the Act of 1976 and imposed a charge to tax on benefits in kind for higher paid employees , i.e. , those paid more than £5,000 per annum . |