Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [det] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | It burnt the whole factory down for some reason |
| 2 | During training — or later , if I wanted to knock her weight down for any reason — she 'd have one day-old chick a day . |
| 3 | Well I mean that was n't in for that reason . |
| 4 | " Now , I asked you to come over for several reasons . |
| 5 | Should a main branch be broken off for some reason ( by vineyard machinery , for example ) , it is permissible to bring out a shoot half-way along the next branch to fill the gap . |
| 6 | The sergeant looked at her closely , obviously wondering if she planned to run off for some reason . |
| 7 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 8 | The cold water cistern provides a reserve of water in case the mains should be cut off for any reason , and because the system ( apart from the rising main ) operates at a lower pressure it is quieter . |
| 9 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 10 | together with a representative of British Rail , and he was saying that , I , forget how many car transporters they 've got that erm , they built , bought specially to go on British Rail , he said , but they said he just had to give them up for many reasons and one of them was the problems that they have with new cars when they take them on British Rail and the brake dust from the trains apparently causes immediate rust . |
| 11 | Even at the age of about 13 I 'd be guided only by people who I thought knew something about the game , and who were not thing to stitch me up-I was always thinking people were trying to stitch me up for some reason . |
| 12 | A reader could make a number of inferences about this passage : Mary is female , more probably an adult than a child ; It is morning ; Mary does not want to get up for some reason ; Mary is in bed ; she lives in a house with a refrigerator ; the house is possibly in North America , and so on . |
| 13 | Mr Cunnane is that up for some reason , that flag of yours ? |
| 14 | Now I must admit my first thoughts of it were it really gets my back up for some reason or other . |
| 15 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 16 | Should the burner go out for any reason , sparkling recommences until the burner is once again ignited . |
| 17 | As a seller , it costs you £25 to cover lost legal fees of up to £300 if your buyer pulls out for any reason other than an adverse survey , a defect in title , or unreasonable delay on your part . |
| 18 | If your whole departments going out for any reason , for a departmental meeting , if you 're all out at a conference , or if there 's some sort of briefing or something going on , please let the switchboard know which numbers will be unattended , and how long you 'll be out for . |
| 19 | Evidently , one tends to forget the worst episodes over time , and remembers only those items that stand out for some reason ’ . |
| 20 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 21 | There are instances when a valid subsidence or heave claim is received but the Policyholder does not wish to have the repairs carried out for some reason e.g. elderly Policyholder does not wish upheaval , can not pay the policy excess . |
| 22 | And you think that you 're lucky to be alive in that respect , but I 've never really thought that I was specially picked out for some reason to carry on living . |
| 23 | Looks as though it had been cut out for some reason . |
| 24 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 25 | I find some people on the streets are quite like , pigheaded and they do n't really want to go back for some reason really . |
| 26 | On short finals full flap is lowered , the speed is brought back to 75 kts and the propeller levers are moved into fully fine in case there is a need to go around for any reason . |