Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 2 | The whole kaleidoscope is there in the memory : how proud we were of our daughter Sara 's acting ability , at junior school , at senior and at college ; and of our younger , very shy son , who managed a one-line walk-on part the last year in junior school , but wrote , acted in , sang in and played for a satirical revue at University . |
| 3 | Look how he blooded Speed and Batty … he did nt chuck them in and hope for the best . |
| 4 | Because I felt extremely low , and needed company , I telephoned Esme on Wednesday evening , the day Father died , to ask if she would come out for a canoe ride from the Aquatic Club to River Park , but she said she must stay in and practise for a forthcoming piano recital . |
| 5 | The 15-acre Herculaneum Dock , two miles from Liverpool city centre , was filled in and reclaimed for the International Garden Festival . |
| 6 | Whole tribes of proud and even magnificent people have at times sat down and died for no other reason than that their ancient culture has been exposed , even briefly , to one that seems to belong to a superior order . |
| 7 | With a smile he put the rifle down and reached for the next in the stack at his side . |
| 8 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while . |
| 9 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 10 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 11 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 12 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 13 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 14 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 15 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 16 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 17 | Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 18 | Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 19 | Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments . |
| 20 | Afterwards lie down and rest for a few moments . |
| 21 | But he kept his anger under control and vowed to knuckle down and fight for a first-team future . |
| 22 | They sat down and talked for a short time . |
| 23 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 24 | Jerking the trigger instead of squeezing it with a steady pressure , meant the gun muzzle being pulled slightly down and left for the first shot . |
| 25 | But he could not sit patiently and wait for the next train , in an hour 's time . |
| 26 | The gauntlet was down , the opportunity to talk to arrange a forum , to come together , land owners , local authorities , the hunt 's people , er the interested parties , to come together and look for a decent way of hunting and that way is probably drag hunting and we 're giving you a golden opportunity to start that route . |
| 27 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 28 | This was , in fact , still many months of fighting away , but with the loss of the northern territories , the die was all but cast for the Second Republic . |
| 29 | How could minute quantities of an injected peptide be guided to and then enter the appropriate neuron so as to code for the new memory ? |
| 30 | A statute of 1388 attempted to reinforce the Statute of Labourers , the measure enacted to control wages after the Black Death of 1348–49 , but attempts in 1389 to put it into practice showed that men were trying to shake off the stigma of villein tenure , even at the cost of taking a cash wage worth less in real terms than the combination of cash and food which they had been paid previously , insisting on working by the day rather than contracting for a yearly wage , and exploiting the possibility of alternative employment ( 65 , pp.92–5 ) . |