Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their plush London home provided a base for Jane 's voluntary work with the Samaritans . |
| 2 | He was educated at Belvedere School , Hayward 's Heath , and , encouraged by his father , he had a trial for Sussex when he was fifteen . |
| 3 | I had to drive , of course , and I think this must have been a bit of a trial for Michael , for like most men , he 'd rather drive than be driven — especially by his wife ! |
| 4 | Joy Kidd produced a baby girl named Eleanor Mary on 16th October 1979 , a sister for Louisa . |
| 5 | The pointed arch was merely the most efficient form of building technology at the time ( in Stamford a pointed arch is sometimes used in medieval cellars to span the sites of earlier quarry pits ) and the undercroft at no. 13 St. Mary 's Hill was not a crypt for St. Mary 's Church , but a shop with steps giving access to the street . |
| 6 | ‘ For your information I 've been making a cradle for Maggie 's baby while you was gone , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Had this been a function for Chedworth , one might at least have expected to find suitable tools . |
| 8 | There was also a case for Bangor 's David Feherty , a howling success in the last Ryder Cup match at Kiawah Island . |
| 9 | Recollections such as these provide excellent ammunition for arguing a case for Nizan 's growing disenchantment with the Soviet experiment and communism in 1934 . |
| 10 | Is it a case for Inspector Morse ? |
| 11 | ‘ I would not make a case for Pears to be better than Manchester United 's Peter Schmeichel , but there is no-one more consistent . |
| 12 | In conclusion , this chapter has presented a case for RMI being a fundamental change in the way health care is managed . |
| 13 | Reading these books , no reasonable person — that crucial figure in British justice — could fail to be persuaded that there is now a case for Mr Hurd to answer . |
| 14 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 15 | Suppose , just suppose , that all this sudden talk of finding a successor for Ray Noorda at Novell Inc does n't mean the man is moving out but moving up — up the board of AT&T . |
| 16 | Rob Hogenes , a successor for Mr Figee at Amber is unlikely . |
| 17 | At first they bumped each other , Rose 's soft bosom a cushion for Léonie 's chin . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's nice to ride a winner for David , as he gave me plenty during my career , ’ said King . |
| 19 | He was involved in everything , opening the innings , coming back as a runner for Graham Gooch , bowling a match winning spell , holding a vital catch and finally ending the game with a calm run out . |
| 20 | Victory against the RCS is a necessity for Wales , and if they can follow that up with wins against Cyprus next month and Romania at home , they will have qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1958 . |
| 21 | It might take just a decision for St Albans oldest of the country by having changed the word received to . |
| 22 | The question people will ask is whether it is a budget for Britain or a budget for the Tories and the answer is that it is clearly the latter . |
| 23 | Alistair Michael Twohig , 55 , of Trevor Walk , Newton Aycliffe , a driver for Varley Animal Feeds , made extra deliveries to a farm in Husthwaite , magistrates in Darlington were told . |
| 24 | From the beginning , the match was a struggle for Scotland . |
| 25 | It was , for all that , quite a struggle for Ballesteros before he at last got his game together over the closing holes for a halfway total of 143 , two ahead of Olazabal , who was one over par for the 36 holes . |
| 26 | I 'm going to get a forecast and lay a course for Ibiza harbour . |
| 27 | We set a course for Out Skerries in good visibility and fairly calm seas . |
| 28 | He set a course for Omsk and cut in the automatic pilot , settling back to cope with the chain of niggling worries that his blunder had triggered off . |
| 29 | Coxswain Wight had to head offshore for nearly three miles in a north-easterly direction before he could turn the lifeboat down-weather to the south-east on a course for St Abbs head . |
| 30 | Unlike previous years , the ARC yachts will this year plot a course for St Lucia rather then Barbados . |