Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forming a club enables them to enter competitions together , and this they did for the first time recently at the combined Hampshire and Berkshire county championships , held at Reading gaol . |
| 2 | How much you pay for the eurocheque service depends on the number of cheques you issue , but there is an annual fee of £5 for your eurocheque card . |
| 3 | In moments of crisis like that you reach for the old dependables . |
| 4 | This can be reduced a little if she goes in with all she needs for the first few days : a clean dressing-gown , slippers , a change of night clothes and bedjacket and all the toilet articles and other small items she is likely to want . |
| 5 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 6 | That 's all we did for the statutory undertakers . |
| 7 | All Upstairs , a play by Peter Spafford , aims to bring the carers and those they care for the disabled , elderly and ill inside the ‘ system ’ which often excludes them . |
| 8 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |