Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 2 | Er , you would n't call them in for the petty things . |
| 3 | I would recommend them only for the casual observer who wants little apart from views of lunar craters . |
| 4 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 5 | I 've always really had to depend on having someone else for the intricate stuff so that I can keep things fairly simple for myself . |
| 6 | Had kept all of them just for the proud thrill of his in truth rather badly formed hand . |
| 7 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 8 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 9 | The Butlins Empire has now had to market itself anew for the experienced package tourist ; a move from wooden chalets to brick-built country suites , from the Minehead Camp to Summerwest World . |
| 10 | Having all four styles comfortably within your repertoire thus equips you best for the total process of learning from experience . |
| 11 | We 've been looking for you everywhere for the past hour ! |
| 12 | When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead . |
| 13 | Not going to pay me back for the bloody nose , even if you did nearly knock my head off ? ’ |
| 14 | There are some production hiccups that still need sorting and the setup should be better , but it 's generally well-built , highly individual to look at and I 'd recommend it to anybody just for the wonderful mixture of filth , jangle and clang that the pickups provide . |
| 15 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 16 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 17 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 18 | Yet the tax system is there precisely for the public benefit . |
| 19 | There was nothing here for the average tourist , nothing for my friends Jim and Mary , who go off every year on a package tour . |
| 20 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 21 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 22 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 23 | She wrote , The Love and Lives of the She Devil , and she 's written it , she wrote it especially for The Orange Tree Theatre about ten years ago , and now she 's re-doing it , |
| 24 | Eleanor Bell ( d.1827 ) has a scarlet velvet upholstered elm case which , with its cherub grip-plates , might have been equally at home in the 1720s were it not for the idiosyncratic decoration of the lid . |
| 25 | The contest , owing to the tiger 's height , colouring , and ability to move without making a sound , would be very unequal were it not for the wind-factor operating in favour of the sportsman . |
| 26 | I do not for my part find the objections in principle to be strong and I would certainly be prepared to agree the rule should no longer be adhered to were it not for the practical consideration to which I have referred and which my noble and learned friend agrees to be of real substance . |
| 27 | Not surprisingly , in their rush they were disinclined to hump mounds of electrical equipment into the west with them , and would now find themselves without so much as a guitar string to their name , were it not for the warm-hearted generosity of the British thrash metal community . |
| 28 | Certainly in Light ( 1857 ) [ 1843 – 60 ] All ER Rep 934 , the accused was guilty of an assault when he said : " Were it not for the bloody policeman outside , I would split your head open . " |
| 29 | Few farm workers leave the land because they dislike the job itself ; on the contrary many would return were it not for the poor pay and prospects . |
| 30 | It would be easy to put this 1814 statement down to the cowardice of a middle-aged civil servant ashamed of his youthful indiscretion , were it not for the amazing passage which follows . |