Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also I have read adverts where companies do scratchplates and bridges , necks etc. for Telecasters . |
| 2 | Er , I sent some money down for Bethan and Kaylie |
| 3 | Once a week , Aunt Margaret defied the banging , popping , gangrenous , gas-flaring monster of the bathroom geyser all for Victoria 's sake , to give her a bath in three inches of snot-green , brackish , warmish water , which took ten minutes to trickle from the geyser 's brutish snout into the tub . |
| 4 | Comrades struggled to get to grips with Bangor 's cavalier attacking play but they had a chance to pull one back on 31 minutes , Paul McGurnaghan threading the ball through the defence only for Davy Armstrong to screw his shot past the post . |
| 5 | Le Tissier went on a run that took him ghosting past two defenders only for Baker to save . |
| 6 | It is also worth noting Braehead Golf Club opened up the summer course especially for Lyles Golf Club ! |
| 7 | Getting the measure of superconducting buckyballs , is £420m enough for EC R&D ? |
| 8 | I guess one option would be to bring Strach in for Fairclough , but presumably that would mean Speed ( or somebody ) playing a more withdrawn role . |
| 9 | United keep the team that beat Newcastle , which means Les Robinson gets another game as stand in for Mike Ford , who 's suspended and up front , Nick Cusack keeps the number 9 shirt , with David Penney on the bench . |
| 10 | While we had been lording it in the Solent , Alert had been making a name for herself in Shetland as a stand in for Venturous . |
| 11 | Money enough for Lionel to idle away his days , to be all the Season in London , to be up in Yorkshire when it pleased him … |
| 12 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
| 13 | There was another stream to drink from , perhaps an opportunity to visit some of the gorge 's ‘ five considerable caverns ’ , and in the scene as a whole , images enough for Coleridge to store up for the poetry of the future . |
| 14 | Dave Barry then restored Cork 's lead on the restart only for Anto Whelan to equalise . |
| 15 | Arsenal in for Keown |
| 16 | But despite the bright start he is still keen to increase his firepower — he has a £400,000 bid in for Charlton striker Robert Lee . |
| 17 | The action takes place in tough Dodge City , Kansas during the 1880s , and centres on the lives and experiences of five people : Matt Dillon , the dauntless and fearless United States Marshal ; Kitty Russell , proprietress of the Longbranch Saloon , a woman with a heart of gold who has eyes only for Dillon ; Chester Goode , Matt 's deputy ; Doc Galen Adams , the kindly , dedicated physician ; and Festus Haggen , Matt 's unkempt , hillbilly deputy . |
| 18 | Always used to receiving admiring glances from men , Laura had n't known whether to be pleased or not when the doctor had completely ignored her — clearly having eyes only for Julie . |
| 19 | I ignored the sinister bastard and drank fast and deep with eyes only for Rachel . |
| 20 | But the girls had eyes only for Dana 's beauty and sexy demeanour , which that night was particularly James Deanish . |
| 21 | He decided to write an additional part into his movie especially for Nicholson . |
| 22 | Mr Stant of course , used to knock the goals in for Hereford and they could do with some of his sharpshooting right now . |
| 23 | The A.838 leaves Durness and heads directly for Kylesku and the distant south along the only route permitted by the harsh and uncompromising terrain . |
| 24 | To follow that rule uncritically for Margery Kempe would make it virtually impossible to reach any conclusion about her from a modern psychiatric viewpoint , given the religious climate of her times . |
| 25 | As time passed , politicians began to hedge their bets , creating uncertainty both for Jordan and the PLO , which was not yet wholly accepted in the West Bank . |
| 26 | If the fish was fresh it was because it had been deep frozen within minutes of being caught and packed up to be bought by her goodness only knew how many months later for Mark 's Lenten supper . |
| 27 | I still have to stitch er , erm my cardigan up for Melanie but erm it was easy to start off the other one while I was talking to your mother . |
| 28 | Onto football , and it 's three games without defeat now for Oxford United who kept up their revival in London last night by drawing two all with Charlton Athletic.But United are still three points adrift at the bottom of the table … |
| 29 | He said he hoped to get the boat back for Cowes Week . |
| 30 | The London Evening Standard is the first tabloid off the mark with : ‘ Knives out for Kinnock ’ . |