Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can owners , often already hard-pressed to maintain their houses , be expected to find further sums for buildings that are purely ornamental ? |
| 2 | The two consultancies were said to have then paid for parts of the PSOE election campaigns in 1988 and 1989 . |
| 3 | Stay with that a minute , erm , erm , I mean I would n't have thought we were in a position to give an assurance that er erm , that that no other complaints which appear to be outside the local ombu ombudsman 's restriction will be dealt with by support staff , I mean I should think we 're continuing looking continually looking for ways of dealing with complaints at the most efficient and effective way , and if that |
| 4 | At our average age , many things inside us that had worked away uncomplaining for decades must have been getting worn out . |
| 5 | The monkeys live largely on leafy shoots and eat fruit when it is available , while the gibbons have become largely specialized for diets of figs . |