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 | She says that considering he 's only lived here for a short while , it 's fantastic the way people are celebrating his success . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 10 | It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter . |
| 11 | And the advice was on the back of the most comprehensive research ever carried out for a new paper . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 14 | The yachts tacked back and forth across the Solent , and then moored up for a sumptuous lunch . |
| 15 | MEMBERS of LASMO Nova Scotia 's relative response team recently checked in for a flying visit around the Halifax international heliport . |
| 16 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |