Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 2 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 3 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 4 | She says that considering he 's only lived here for a short while , it 's fantastic the way people are celebrating his success . |
| 5 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 6 | It argues that renewable energies are not developed enough for a higher goal , but if more money for research was made available , the future could be very different . |
| 7 | I think she 's probably just come out for a quick stroll , we wo n't spend our time over that at the moment , hello |
| 8 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 9 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 10 | From the party viewpoint Law 's methods were successful but dangerous ; expectations raised when the party was in full cry were not easily set aside for an eventual compromise , and the only outcome that would fully vindicate the methods was the recovery of power . |
| 11 | A public school was more alien to his nature than his father realized : this son was not cut out for a smooth ascent of the ladder of preferment . |
| 12 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 13 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 14 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 15 | It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter . |
| 16 | This was the new name of a group which had already existed informally for a few years , with a number of representatives from well-known " reforming " Edinburgh families on its committee : the McLarens , Mairs and Stevensons for instance . |
| 17 | And the advice was on the back of the most comprehensive research ever carried out for a new paper . |
| 18 | I looked at Jack Mason who just shook his head , gave one of his sourer smiles , and then also holed out for a four . |
| 19 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 20 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 21 | The products can be fully developed later for an additional charge . |
| 22 | The products can be fully developed later for an additional charge . |
| 23 | Police marksmen were then drafted in for a 12 hour siege after he barricaded himself in . |
| 24 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 25 | The yachts tacked back and forth across the Solent , and then moored up for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 26 | MEMBERS of LASMO Nova Scotia 's relative response team recently checked in for a flying visit around the Halifax international heliport . |
| 27 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |