Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One former member of the Royal Corps of Signals had been to Hong Kong preventing the ‘ illegal entry of persons ’ , which would have come in handy for protecting intruders at Goldfinger 's headquarters . |
| 2 | And I noticed at one point in the discussion , this was queried by H B F. I think they feared that we would n't at that stage we 'd be opening up free for all of the kind which we 've obviously been seeking to avoid thus far . |
| 3 | Swindon , committed up front for an equaliser , let Tommy Johnson slip home number two for Derby . |
| 4 | But a great deal of Tigerish pride was regained as Quins , oddly subdued up front for much of the second period , hung on for victory and another appearance at Twickenham . |
| 5 | Both of the safari buses were booked up solid for the month after that . |
| 6 | So that we 're all caught up ready for the christmas rush . |
| 7 | Kalchu had brewed some millet beer months ago to ferment out ready for today and it was sweet and clear and very strong . |
| 8 | The experience came in useful for another role right — as a makeup girl . |
| 9 | There was one occasion when the addled eggs came in handy for pelting a kid on a motorbike who 'd been riding up and down outside our house all evening and making a terrible noise . |
| 10 | We should remember from Mayhew 's account that the boots also came in handy for kicking policemen and other traditional foes of the costers . |
| 11 | Before I landed Brookside I was washing up in a wine bar so the experience obviously came in handy for playing Chrissie . ’ |
| 12 | Our newly expanded page area came in handy for the Financial Results Special — there are some big results to report . |
| 13 | The difference in the bowling attacks then became rather noticeable ; by soon after tea on the third day , West Indies had rattled up 411 for 5 when Lloyd declared , with 50 from Fredericks , 135 from Richards , and Greenidge becoming only the second West Indian after Headley to score a century in each innings against England . |
| 14 | Wrapped up warm for a visit to Clacton beach . |
| 15 | Derbyshire did their Sunday best to rattle up 153 for 7 … |
| 16 | ‘ Partial compensation ’ will delight some : the majority of items were bought up wholesale for between a hundred and a thousand roubles , and inflation makes the clearance sale easier at any rate , it would make life easier for privileged auction attendees from the State Chamber of Cultural and Natural Heritage . |
| 17 | And the thing is that when of the , I have n't seen anywhere any kind of poll system , you know , I think it 's a , I 've always thought it outrageous as a women actually , that women have had to pay for toilets , and erm , I mean if we , you know , if we , we might , I mean , I , I would be in favour of a system where , you know , you , say a local Council issues a pass , which you pay for , have differential rates , but it 's like people paying up front for that toilet service . |
| 18 | Stand up tall for Daddy |
| 19 | Even if they are not visibly disabled , some elderly people reach a stage in their lives when slight muscular weakness and general frailty , combined with a natural anxiety about crossing roads or being jostled off their feet in crowded places , makes going out difficult for them . |
| 20 | These figures taken in conjunction with the fact that 10,000 carriages and similar vehicles had to be maintained and repaired and up to ten new carriages turned out weekly for the L & NWR system alone , emphasise the importance of the department ; Wolverton Works was the ‘ largest works entirely devoted to carriage building and repairs in the UK ’ . |
| 21 | So you can work out that for for erm for that card which has got three full pages . |
| 22 | If the Jewish destiny , and the message thereof , concerned suffering , then it must be the duty of every comfortable Jew to fix up some for himself . |
| 23 | And done it well , no smears or skimped corners , and the papers were all bundled up ready for the dustbins , which would soon be full again . |
| 24 | The stuffing also has to be cooked and sliced up ready for reheating , and the Christmas puddings are prepared with the help of cooks at London 's St Thomas 's Hospital . |
| 25 | Two large leather-covered armchairs were placed near a cast-iron stove , and between them there was a low table with a chessboard , the pieces set up ready for play . |
| 26 | The Northamptonshire batsmen blasted exactly 200 off just 210 balls in a stay of nearly four hours , hitting 28 fours and two sixes as his side piled up 335 for two from 86 overs . |
| 27 | Lloyd took half-an-hour to get off the mark but finished with 101 as Lancashire piled up 321 for five against Worcestershire . |
| 28 | It turns out that for these kinds of DNA the rate of change in evolution is much higher than it is for the more constrained , ‘ coding ’ , regions . |
| 29 | It turns out that for decades the statue had stood alongside a swimming pool in Palm Beach , Florida . |
| 30 | One of the fields had been ploughed and our job was to weed out the wiry roots and tufts of grass that the wooden ploughshare had failed to dislodge so that the field could be smoothed out ready for flooding . |