Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're er , obviously gathering information for a big push then |
| 2 | He fell headlong , his arms flailing , and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds . |
| 3 | The programme had changed : a collie dog was now gambolling about , apparently seeking aid for a distressed shepherd . |
| 4 | erm , as long as , cos they can only claim benefit for a certain length of time ca n't they ? , then it switches from unemployment to Social Security . |
| 5 | Thus the signalman was prevented from inadvertently releasing signals for a second train to enter before the first was clear . |
| 6 | The celebration of feasts such as Easter , Christmas , Whitsuntide , Rogationtide , and the Harvest Thanksgiving gave the local community a much needed opportunity for a collective expression of its religious values . |
| 7 | In effect , therefore , the collectorship of supply became a gauge of party strength in a county , and unlike the parliamentary elections , the election of a friend only provided security for a single year . |
| 8 | He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment . |
| 9 | I believe again that our members will support the call and in so doing call for a general election to dismiss this totally incompetent government ! |
| 10 | The catalogue of offences regarded as serious enough to merit dismissal for a single occurrence is sometimes lengthy . |
| 11 | That might seem reasonable , except that in China it is quite normal for ailing politicians to be filmed for the evening television news on their sick beds , perhaps receiving wishes for a speedy recovery from solicitous friends . |
| 12 | ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’ |
| 13 | GREEN demonstrators wept yesterday as trees were torn down to make way for a giant Tesco 's . |
| 14 | In this instance , for example : The corner shop is to be closed and knocked down to make way for a multi-storey car-park . |
| 15 | Most gardens only have space for a few trees and in a small plot they are almost always in view , therefore careful choice is essential . |
| 16 | The County Council also accepted as part of this oral approach that there was a need for an alteration to the structure plan , because the approved structure plan did not make provision for a new settlement as an element of approved North Yorkshire strategic policy , and we 've progressed that erm alteration through to the examination er in public er today . |
| 17 | MP to check if SCSI card fitted , and if not to discuss specifications for a new machine . |
| 18 | We agree with Anna Brake and Walter Krause that our study does not provide evidence for a continuing decrease in mean sperm concentration . |
| 19 | It should be pointed out , however , that the results of the Forster and Olbrei experiment do not provide evidence for a constant effect of syntactic analysis since a correlation coefficient of.65 accounts for less than 40 per cent of the variance in processing times . |
| 20 | Just as you learn you learn your basic modes of essay writing in essays that I 'm not going mark for A Level exams , okay , erm , but there is another way . |
| 21 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 22 | You can not use bulbs for a 20-lamp set in a 40-lamp one , or vice versa . |
| 23 | We do not have space for a full description of all the experimental techniques used in obtaining the results discussed in this book . |
| 24 | Remember all this well , so that you do n't get it wrong on the night ; you may not have time for a second performance . |
| 25 | They do not have fittings for a flexible shutter release cable . |
| 26 | Section 103(1) provides that a public company must not allot shares for a non-cash consideration unless the consideration has been independently valued under CA 1985 , s108 , and a copy of the report has been sent to the allottee . |
| 27 | Er so we wrote to the heads of the schools and they were quite willing to accommodate er us and then I found out that er Muslims are already taking assemblies for a few years . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've just signed Schwarzenegger for a three-movie deal , my wife 's oil paintings are going to be shown in a major London gallery , my son got first-class honours at Oxford and I 've won half a million on the pools . ’ |
| 29 | Rather than investing in a filter , it may be better to use bottled water if you are just avoiding tap-water for a few weeks . |
| 30 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |