Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb pp] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 15-acre Herculaneum Dock , two miles from Liverpool city centre , was filled in and reclaimed for the International Garden Festival . |
| 2 | Jerking the trigger instead of squeezing it with a steady pressure , meant the gun muzzle being pulled slightly down and left for the first shot . |
| 3 | We saw our chance , and hastily we packed up and prepared for the long trek back the way we had come , to the Youth Hostel . |
| 4 | In a tightly-argued four page document , AoI said it must be accepted that coal is not on its way out and called for the disbanded Energy Select Committee to be resurrected immediately . |
| 5 | and er the second door on , you , it opened and the doctor came out and called for the next person to come in , she did n't look to be above forty year old |
| 6 | In freezing temperatures and light snowfall , the enthusiastic and emotional crowd in Sofia heard Bulgaria 's most radical demands so far and called for the ousted leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , to stand trial for fraud and mismanagement . |
| 7 | CEM Joad came back and rushed for the nearest Vicar . |
| 8 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
| 9 | She picked up her things again and made for the dim daylight outside , rather relieved it was n't a bright day . |