Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I have n't seen the draft guidelines that came out yesterday for the registration of nursing homes but I understand that they do n't actually address these issues . |
2 | She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed . |
3 | ‘ We had a game of tennis and came back here for a drink , that 's all . ’ |
4 | Why do n't you take the car and drive off somewhere for a few days ? |
5 | Instead of getting all hot and bothered and self-righteous , how about calling your legal weasels off this morning and coming over later for a meeting . |
6 | He was also ordered to forfeit £150 from a previous binding over and bound over again for a year in the sum of £250 . |
7 | North dropped the bread into the toaster , noticed that it did n't operate when he pressed the lever and looked round vaguely for the reason . |
8 | I ran into the kitchen and looked about wildly for a knife . |
9 | I had been complaining that one day I must become a good daughter again and go back home for a visit . |
10 | Stefan , perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for them to be collected from my apartment in Vienna and brought down here for the wardrobe woman . ’ |
11 | Only Mr Kenneth Baker , secretary of state for education , said promptly , ’ more money and put in successfully for a rise in the science-research budget . |
12 | Such a policy , the court held , was improper , since a ‘ business corporation is organized and carried on primarily for the profit of the stockholders . |
13 | Each time he scrambled out , took a short rest , and set out again for the next refuge . |
14 | This time the otter does n't attempt to eat the fish in the water , but sets out purposefully for the shore , to disappear out of my view below the bank . |