Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now that the hand was not naturally and exactly adapted for one specific task it became generally adaptable for just about everything and hence the agency which ultimately controlled the hand was now called on to give it the directions which automatic instinct and locomotive reflexes no longer could .
2 We went to the races and watched Nolan ride Fiona 's horse Groundsel and get beaten by a length into second place , and we watched Sam ride two of Tremayne 's runners unprofitably and then win for another trainer .
3 I do n't think that management committee will meet , divide the money in two and then race off and never meet for another year .
4 Management training for ryokan operators and staff is more and more geared for western guests ' needs and comprehension .
5 Emily and I let the girls home early and then returned for one last look at the old building .
6 Yet an individual or government possessing the qualifications of being white , European in cultural origin and liberal-democratic by conviction will be remorselessly and unreasonably criticized for each and every offence against the supposedly absolute standards of protest-morality .
7 Do n't just look for a job in jobcentres ’ — after all , the Government have closed down most of them — ’ but get out and actively look for temporary work elsewhere . ’
8 Intensive — short reading passages which have been lexically and structurally graded for intensive reading practice .
9 When he emerged , Dr Shakhar seemed to think that the talk had gone well and then asked for another audience .
10 These results are similar to those of Heyderman et al , who found that 20 out of 22 primary pancreatic tumours focally or weakly stained for carcinoembryonic antigen .
11 She was not a small girl , was reasonably athletic for a woman , but there was little she could do to fight off a determined man , particularly when she was neither mentally nor physically prepared for such a brutal assault .
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