Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb pp] for [art] [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 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 4 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 5 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | CEM Joad came back and rushed for the nearest Vicar . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 13 | She picked up her things again and made for the dim daylight outside , rather relieved it was n't a bright day . |