Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd never suffered like that , not to the extent where tears were pouring down my face for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | There was a limit to what she could make out , given the angle and that she was trying to see the page upside-down , but what she saw was enough to confirm that this book , or perhaps its predecessor for the previous year , had the potential to tell her exactly what she most needed to know . |
| 3 | That which he projects ahead of him as his ideal is merely his substitute for the lost narcissism of his childhood — the time when he was his own ideal . |
| 4 | And , that being the case , she supposed she just had to hope that , having been insulted so thoroughly , Count Romano de Sciorto would renege on his promise to Mother , and strike her off his guest-list for the whole duration of her stay in Malta … |
| 5 | He is shown taking off his armour for the pathetic reason that he is not ‘ master of his heart ’ . |
| 6 | Hence their need for a human companion to placate the natives on their arrival . |
| 7 | Under chairman Roy Watts and chief executive Mike Hoffman , cost control has assumed unprecedented importance , hence its plan for a new water distribution system which could save hundreds of millions of pounds in pumping costs over its 150-year lifespan . |
| 8 | The expansion will see the company step up its demand for an additional 200,000 tonnes of commercially-grown timber per year . |
| 9 | HARTLEPOOL United are not prepared to give up their fight for a Third Division promotion play-off place . |
| 10 | The families of the victims stepped up their campaign for a public inquiry yesterday . |
| 11 | He will not give up his quest for a full cap . ’ |
| 12 | When the King left London in 1642 to travel north and set up his standard for the Civil War , he visited Little Gidding , together with Prince Rupert and Prince Charles . |
| 13 | Half-way up the straight , Piggott picked up his whip for the first time and the resulting explosion was unforgettable . |
| 14 | While I wondered about his motives , he stoked up his contempt for the whole Jewish race , which had not had the decency to get itself wiped out , as rumoured . |
| 15 | A LITTLE piece of history was made at Darlington market at the weekend when fish trader Oswald Cloke put up his stall for the final time . |
| 16 | Our idea was to arrive on a Friday night , eat far too much at one of the local pubs , and build up our strength for a full day 's riding on Saturday . |
| 17 | By the 1960s , however , they were being interpreted in a continuous and cumulative manner which drew out their seriousness for the British economy . |
| 18 | Election ‘ 92 : How the main parties are staking out their ground for a hung parliament |
| 19 | Now their support for a reactionary government brands them as class traitors . ’ |
| 20 | The unions hope to embarrass Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , with tomorrow 's lobby and believe that many Tories at the conference back their call for an increased offer . |
| 21 | well you know , John Smith laid out his budget for the next , study for the , to cover the next two years and there , I mean there 's no intention to , to change it in the foreseeable future , I mean they 've laid it out for two years so that the basic rate stays the same , that the personal allowances are being increased so that this will take a lot of lower paid people out of tax and that coupled with the child benefit will make everybody up to about twenty two thousand a year better off , and then from there they 'll be a , a , a range of people who to it wo n't make much difference |
| 22 | He held out his bowl for a second helping , then ate it rapidly , spilling some on his robe . |
| 23 | ‘ And now here he is pouring out his soul for the whole world . ’ |
| 24 | Poole was again his choice for the male role , with another of the young South African dancers , Patricia Miller , as Beauty . |
| 25 | Erm the large size is really a relatively it it 's a smaller percentage of the market so we 've had to price it as far down as we can that 's why our contribution for the large size is not as large as the Erm the overhead the sorry the capital costs erm will be a total of two hundred and ninety thousand which is two hundred for factory extensions , eighty thousand for plant and ten perc ten thousand for the gasser . |
| 26 | In a society which took seriously its responsibility for the economic and social welfare of all its members this might not happen . |