Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter received some firm words and was made to stay inside during breaktime for the next day . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've said I 'll stand in as coach for the under-fifteens . |
| 3 | Surely no one could think better of Jason for the quoted remarks ? |
| 4 | The house alone had been like a dream come true after the two-bedroomed flat on the outskirts of Stirling where she and her mother had lived in near penury for the past seven years since Shiona 's father 's death . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the committee set the rules and obtained generous sponsorship through local industry , together with donors for the two trophies . |
| 6 | Together with records for the current population these were searched for routinely recorded data on arterial pressure , smoking , body mass index ( weight ( kg ) divided by squared height ( m ) ) , oral contraceptive use , and either stated alcohol intake or social , haematological , or biochemical evidence of alcohol damage . |
| 7 | The scale of fees payable to HCIMA is published annually in September for the next calendar year . |
| 8 | He was glad of the distraction , having earlier received a wire from Hilary who , at the last minute and in spite of cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die promises , found it impossible , after all , to come down from London for the first night of Peter Pan . |
| 9 | Brian Seymour 's crew brought her down from Scotland for the royal occasion and my crew joined at Southampton to put the final touches on the paint and brightwork . |
| 10 | The acknowledged leader in modern first editions , which have been greatly in vogue for the last two years . |
| 11 | Franco , together with some of his generals and ministers and the Falange , wanted to join in the war , but only in return for the prior supply of the items on a substantial shopping list . |
| 12 | Population regulation , however , if it has any advantage at all , can only be a long-term one ; it must therefore be a consequence of individual decisions to emigrate , taken on the grounds that conditions will be better elsewhere , not on the grounds that the population level must be kept down in order for the local resources to be conserved . |
| 13 | The film is bogged down in exposition for the first hour , remains plodding , and shifts uncertainly between protagonists . |
| 14 | The right politician must be put in charge of the Treasury to bring the economy back to even keel , reduce the trade deficit and force both inflation and interest rates down in time for the next election . |
| 15 | As mentioned in this column last month , committees of the South African Rugby Board and the South African Rugby Union have already begun working informally together in preparation for the coming rugby season . |
| 16 | Exceptional groups profited from the war — notably those like shipbuilders and coopers whose specialised services were much in demand for the naval war . |
| 17 | According to one , data especially on output for the immediate post land reform period were later corrected and adjusted by officials causing one to question its credibility . |
| 18 | Latham stood in without notice for the indisposed Donald Maxwell , anticipating his own planned debut in the role by three months . |
| 19 | A thin , stoop-shouldered Frenchman wearing a pince-nez who had been watching and listening from the curbside , stepped into the road suddenly and leaned close enough to Chuck for the American boy to smell the garlic on his breath . |
| 20 | Thought we might go down to Grafton for the Old Boys ’ match against the first XI . |
| 21 | I travelled down to Gateshead for the big meeting there , Great Britain versus the Commonwealth , and was witness to one of the most amazing come-backs in British sprinting history made by , who else , that old war-horse Allan Wells . |
| 22 | When you consider that there are 120 dealers in the are you can appreciate why Bath is second only to London for the serious hunter . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've walked halfway across Berlin for the International Anti-War Youth Movement , and I 'm for a swim . ’ |
| 24 | After Donal Lenihan 's withdrawal , the captaincy yesterday passed to Rob Andrew , the Lions stand-off in the second and third Test wins over the Wallabies , with Damian Cronin coming in at lock for the injured Irishman . |
| 25 | The club is having to play all its fixtures away from home for the second successive season because a new roof is being built at a cost of £1.3million . |
| 26 | Young people away from home for the first time also have to find the resources within themselves to create a pattern of living . |
| 27 | If you 're away from home for the first time , you may well feel lonely and unhappy — a major contributory factor in student depression and withdrawal from college . |
| 28 | The speech came over the wires so late and the sheets were so confused by the Post Office — which is usual in these cases — that without the precis we could not possibly have got the leader through in time for the first edition . |
| 29 | Peter McEnery and Dorothy Tutin ( above ) play the middle-aged ex-lovers who iron out the wrinkles and get together just in time for the final curtain . |
| 30 | Apparently it has been similar to the crew of a huge tanker somewhere on the high seas sailing hither and tither no doubt , for four long years after setting out , and returning just in time for the recent elections . |