Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 2 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 3 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 4 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 5 | The British Museum had better prepare itself for the worst . |
| 6 | Finally , I read yesterday that some managers , most noticably the two Scots that were in Wembley at the weekend , are talking about banning transfers after the season start and only allowing them for a limited period over Christmas . |
| 7 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 8 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 9 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 10 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 11 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 12 | Inside is a will , so read it for a few surprises . |
| 13 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 14 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 15 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 16 | The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’ |
| 17 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 18 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 20 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
| 21 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 22 | You have to get him wound down a bit , you have to do it , you know of a about half an hour or so ask him for the proper name ! |
| 23 | The Scottish Typographical Circular reported of this conflict that " people are beginning to see that making women printers … will only unfit them for the active and paramount duties of female society " . |
| 24 | Only had it for a few months . |
| 25 | I feel you are all friends , so thank you for a lovely magazine . |
| 26 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 27 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |
| 28 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 29 | If you 've just joined us for the eight o'clock news , as many people do , welcome . |
| 30 | Buying a ticket for last night 's game does NOT guarantee one for the all-Ireland clash in November — unless a formal application was made at the time of purchase to the IFA office . |