Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had met Ivy at Crepi 's dinner party her appearance had struck him as so wilfully bizarre that he had written it off as a freak effect , as though all her luggage had been lost and she 'd had to raid the oddments put aside for collection by the missionary brothers . |
| 2 | Both England stars started their careers at Acklam Park , Middlesbrough , and youngsters , aged nine to 14 , can now learn to run with the ball and line up for line-outs with the Rugby Union course on the same turf . |
| 3 | Kumar 's company , BRS Kumar Brothers , has gone into receivership and its 84% stake in the first division club is part of the assets put up for sale by the receivers . |
| 4 | Under these circumstances , it would have been possible for a ship sailing south from Thera to dock at Dia , unload and set sail again for destinations to the east or west . |
| 5 | wait expectantly for explosion in the oven . |
| 6 | African rivers run underground for part of the year so the villagers would often have to dig in the sand until water seeped through . |
| 7 | Watch out for details of the next competition . |
| 8 | Most independent mortgage brokers will display a FIMBRA logo , but also look out for signs of the regulatory bodies SIB and RPB . |
| 9 | Look out for realignment of the left — within the parliamentary party — this autumn . |
| 10 | As you drive about the countryside next weekend , and especially if you find yourself approaching a town or village once famous for its market days , look out for places along the route where flanking hedges stand back several yards off the road . |
| 11 | If you want to take part in the quiz in 1993 , look out for announcements in the magazine . |
| 12 | Some Anglophile girls in Adidas plead fruitlessly for admission to the bus in the hope of getting a piece of Clint . |
| 13 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 14 | Business users may increasingly interpret custody of information as a localised responsibility especially if charging mechanisms mean they pay directly for assistance from the wider organisation . |
| 15 | Why should n't old Sombro go off for nights on the town if he felt like it ? |
| 16 | If a customer 's circumstances change adversely for reasons beyond the customer 's control , the finance company will look sympathetically at the circumstances and will try , subject to any restrictions placed upon it by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 , to reach an accommodation with the customer to pay off the outstanding balance in a practicable manner . |
| 17 | Otherwise there can be long delays while machines are sent away , or queue up for attention from the one person in the country who knows how they operate . |
| 18 | See below for position of the Kohl government on this issue . ) |
| 19 | See inside for examples from the 15,000 fact-filled biographies in this fascinating volume that Auberon Waugh described as " a brilliant and indispensable reference book " |
| 20 | ‘ He likes the way they suddenly drop the whole interlocking tangle of folding and faulting and erosion , and stroll round for lunch in the pub they 've adopted . |
| 21 | He likes the way they suddenly drop the whole interlocking tangle of folding and faulting and erosion , and stroll round for lunch in the pub they 've adopted . |