Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recalls that in 1981 , when he ‘ crossed over ’ to become the first , and so far only , sports writer ever to win the ‘ Journalist of the Year ’ Award , Colin Hart , a sports columnist with the Sun , approached him and said ‘ Congratulations Hughie , you 've just struck a blow for the Toy Department ! ’ |
| 2 | I 've just made a note for the employer 's thing Jayne . |
| 3 | ‘ Then imagine I 've just scored a century for your side , ’ Cora-Beth said with a husky little laugh . |
| 4 | Mum 's favourite times for saying ‘ Do n't wish your life away ’ are when we 've just booked a holiday for August and it 's only January , and when it 's nearly Christmas and we 're bursting with excitement . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just finished a piece for the January issue , ’ she said . |
| 6 | We 've already identified a need for a home care service which we aim to meet . |
| 7 | Besides , I 've not touched a woman for months — except you , of course . |
| 8 | We 've not had a chance for a word with Mrs Fitton yet . |
| 9 | Well I do n't know as I d I d although to tell you the truth I 've always had a weakness for pictures ever since I was a boy . |
| 10 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 11 | So I 've now got a handout for you and it 'll be up to date about how to complete a B one . |
| 12 | He liked to tell one that he was a dilettante , ‘ I 've never written a line for publication nor put brush to water-colour , in short I never did a stroke of work , except for those few years teaching at Harvard , and I must admit that I enjoyed every moment of them — in retrospect . ’ |
| 13 | I 've never charged a fee for anything I 've done and so all my work has had to be financed out of my own pocket . |
| 14 | I rarely drink in the week , and I 've never acquired a taste for wine . |
| 15 | If you 've actually got a standard for the key tasks , you can actually measure the what we call the performance gap and it becomes much more logical . |
| 16 | These wadis are too long and , in many places , form too integrated a pattern for them to have been formed under present climatic conditions . |
| 17 | These mills have since provided a source for material , inspiration , fabrication and construction . |
| 18 | Almost adjacent to the vineyards of Aÿ , these vines have long had a reputation for producing wines of similar quality and character to the famous grand cru . |
| 19 | Stories can teach , entertain , and entrance , and women have long had a reputation for creating an atmosphere which keeps the listener spellbound . |
| 20 | Clients who have only had a mortgage for a year or two , may find they have to pay three months ' penalty interest in any event . |
| 21 | Unions representing 12,000 Ford salaried employees have already lodged a claim for a ‘ substantial ’ rise . |
| 22 | His team mates have already made a collection for him and twenty Benson and Hedges , plus two old betting slips allegedly once owned by Lou Macari , will be presented to Terry at half-time . |
| 23 | I have already staked a claim for interest . ’ |
| 24 | In the short time we have been presenting Craft and Design in Heriot 's we have already established a reputation for outstanding work and last Session one of our pupils won first prize in the Edinburgh and District Rotary Club Design Competition . |
| 25 | For example , we have already held a seminar for administrative staff in colleges mounting 1988 pilots ( a short account of this event follows this article ) . |
| 26 | Yet the Third World countries that these genes came from have not received a cent for them . |
| 27 | Something they have not developed a liking for yet is prints by the German Expressionists and their successors , the artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit such as Beckmann and Grosz . |
| 28 | Some people are jumping tomorrow , but they are those who have not done a jump for a long time ; I expect I shall do another before leave comes off . ’ |
| 29 | After the English cricket and soccer debacles of the past week , Hastings ' side hope to make up for the misery by catching the All Blacks cold New Zealand have not played a Test for 10 months and face the Lions with a new team . |
| 30 | It will not always be possible therefore to guarantee availability for a specific joining point on the FREELINK service , nor can the FREELINK service be available to clients who have not made a reservation for this service at the time of booking . |