Example sentences of "[noun sg] a [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er not a card a present for Ruth . |
| 2 | A sheepcote a shelter for sheep . |
| 3 | A pound a pint for lager , and one twenty for Pils . |
| 4 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 5 | costing you ten pound a month for newspapers ? |
| 6 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 7 | Item twenty as well as twenty six , you are suggesting that meals go up in day centres by fifteen percent , and then on twenty six , we introduce a two pound a week for daycare , for people with learning disabilities . |
| 8 | It was calculated that each child needed one pound a week for food and clothing . |
| 9 | You see we moan about paying three pound a pound for meat but you pay it for fish . |
| 10 | He also outlined what action the duke should take , providing what was in effect a blueprint for events at Stony Stratford . |
| 11 | He also outlined what action the duke should take , providing what was in effect a blueprint for events at Stony Stratford . |
| 12 | It sets out clearly principles for their care and upbringing , and is in effect a charter for children . |
| 13 | Technical progress , as well as affecting the means of production in ways which are making industry a matter for brains and creative thinking rather than brawn , is in addition creating , almost daily , possibilities for new products . |
| 14 | The long , drawn out battle between capitalism and Socialism is in the short and medium term a battle for influence and opinion . |
| 15 | It is usually better to send a witness a questionnaire for completion prior to the interview . |
| 16 | The society has enshrined in law a status for women far different from that of biblical women . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , these entitlements are limited to the recipients having legal residence in Germany and the new law on foreign nationals ( Ausländergesetz 1990 ) can make the receipt of unauthorized assistance a reason for deportation ( Münder , 1990 ) . |
| 18 | She paid an extra dollar a week for Mrs Benson to put Maria to bed and keep an eye on her , but somehow she did n't think that Mrs Benson was all that reliable as a child-watcher . |
| 19 | What makes a child a cause for concern is the severity and persistence of the . |
| 20 | Die-cast metal plaques presented by ARPS and in the Volunteer Sector a cheque for £750 presented by Ian Allan Ltd . |
| 21 | It believes the worst is over and has launched its first ever rights issue a call for £104m . |
| 22 | Perhaps I don " t see the joke , but the rendering into German on p. 97 of : Is rugby a game for men with odd shaped balls ? does not work with " Eier " , even if it is an informal variant of " testicles " ( it also means " ovum " ! ) , because it does not mean " ball " as well . |
| 23 | Gentleman , this is to quaint you all of you cor Serning the Billing of this workhous think to starve the poore theare Stephen Wite Stratford Lews of Barfield Wile of TataSon Loyd hintlesham but let them tak care of thin Selves for farit that is hap on shall there Brains be Blown out and that as sure as death and fail not and the hous shall not be bilt a toyle for theare shall be 500 planted soon and will di all it and pull Wiles hous down . |
| 24 | During the evening a cheque for £100 — the proceeds of the January fancy dress dance — was presented to Barbara Griffiths , for the Alresford and District Community Minibus service . |
| 25 | At the time of the second General Election of 1701 we hear of a club of Tory MPs who subscribed a guinea a head for batches of Davenant 's papers to be given away among acquaintances " as antidotes against the poison that is spread by the other side , who spare no cost to scatter their libels … round the kingdom " . |
| 26 | ( I did not earn , as Leslie imagined , three times his pay : in fact I got £200 a year , out of which I paid a pound a week income tax , a guinea a week for billeting , five shillings for transport , and the cost of meals at the cafeteria at Bletchley . |
| 27 | IN 1988 George Bush came to polluted Boston Harbour , held his nose and made the muck a metaphor for Michael Dukakis 's political liabilities . |
| 28 | Then on his bike a report for work at Sharpness Docks for eight o'clock . |
| 29 | We first encounter Anderson , a professor of ethics , on board a plane for Prague , where he has been invited to speak at a philosophy conference . |
| 30 | Various reports a plea for support a plea for interest particularly for the seventy fifth anniversary year next year and after that we had the most lovely party . |