Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Selfoss the assistant in the chemist 's tries to sell us surgical spirit when we ask for meths and there is a pantomime while Tony explains to her , in best sign language , that what he wants is spirit for a Trangia . |
| 2 | The worse thing I 've ever done is wax for my legs I did it once mhm |
| 3 | Once SAVE 's case for the significance of the building was made , its retention as part of the London scene was accepted by all the parties involved . |
| 4 | What is needed is prayer for healing . |
| 5 | Now it is easier as all that has to be shown is value for money and that the private sector is shouldering the risk of not being paid . |
| 6 | As Jennings ( 1982 , p. 67 ) has observed , most councillors are backbenchers , not policy-makers , and about the only vital service they see themselves doing is casework for their constituents . |
| 7 | Ended is night for us ; |
| 8 | The money we are paid is recognition for our status compared to that of other people . |
| 9 | Yet although Motion may have started to do honour to Larkin 's achievement , what his book predominantly conveys is distaste for the man . |