Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd only once asked for a transfer and not because of any discontent or fall- out with the club . |
| 2 | The Home Office said one company had so far applied for a licence . |
| 3 | A relaxed , informal atmosphere prevails , with energy only really needed for a walk to the beach — 500 yards away down 300 steps . |
| 4 | During Elizabeth 's reign , the magistrates of Nottingham , for example , not only provided for a town preacher but , in order that ‘ God 's glory [ be ] set forth and the people brought into good obedience ’ , they also held a weekly assembly of ministers and lay justices for the correction of blasphemy , whoredom , drunkenness , and other ungodly behaviour . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not exactly dressed for a place like this ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Twinky ’ , however , without question the fairest and most sporting player ever to don an Athletico shirt , was full of remorse and insisted that the referee , who had not even blown for a foul , send him off . |
| 7 | She leaned on the table — her head jutting forward , wisps of iron-grey hair sticking from beneath the cap which she had not yet changed for a wig — and asked Midnight : ‘ What do y'know of the Captain 's affairs ? |
| 8 | Once a system has been pushed too far out of equilibrium , it takes just a little further input for a period of turmoil to ensue , followed by a new equilibrium . |
| 9 | Grants of any kind are usually only given for a proportion of the cost of the work to be done , but when necessary , local authorities can make loans for the balance , on which interest has to be paid . |
| 10 | I remember him saying that the person in the anecdote had to remain anonymous since it was still not done for a woman to confess she enjoyed promiscuous , recreational sex . |
| 11 | ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do . |
| 12 | Harald was probably also recognised for a time as ruler of part of Norway . |
| 13 | I also think we 've got a certain accessibility in our performance that people have n't really seen for a while : we 're willing to perform . ’ |
| 14 | It was small , but seemed surprisingly well stocked for a peasant 's shack . |
| 15 | It flew a total of 26 hours in this configuration before it was sold again and again and again , and then finally traded for a two-place P-51 . |
| 16 | She had indeed once worked for a silversmith but had discovered that it was much easier to buy beads and acquire old pieces of jewellery , rearrange them artistically and sell them on market stalls throughout the country . |
| 17 | In any case , you 're almost never bailed for a rape charge . |
| 18 | There is a 65-member Chamber of Deputies , most recently elected for a term of five years in April 1987 [ see p. 35180 ] , all candidates being elected from a single list put forward by the Popular Rally for Progress ( Rassemblement populaire pour le progrès — RPP ) , since October 1981 the sole legal party . |
| 19 | They are very nicely proportioned for a cottage . |
| 20 | He was , perhaps , a little too smartly dressed for a holidaymaker , but the Point he was making was clear enough . |
| 21 | Wayward Lad was one and a half lengths further away in third , Silver Buck a tired and remote fourth , and then Ashley House stayed on up the hill to pass Combs Ditch amid cheering never before heard for a horse running fifth ! |
| 22 | It also began to occur to her that he was very well dressed for a pickpocket — but no doubt the streets of central London provided rich pickings . |
| 23 | And then in nineteen forty two the secretary , the very well known for a number of reasons secretary of the Hosiery Workers , his name was , he was the J P and he was er er I would n't say he 's a a pillar of the Tory Party but he were n't far off , you , well he died . |