Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The benches are empty except for a solitary figure sitting huddled in a mackintosh , watching with fierce concentration . |
| 2 | Sir Hugo had been undistinguished except for a passionate , if ineffective , allegiance to his king . |
| 3 | However , the really important area of application is to problems which would be linear but for a few ( separable ) nonlinear terms and here it can be very effective . |
| 4 | A partnership can , I believe , be temporary and for a fixed purpose . |
| 5 | The scales on the disk extend just into the dorsal edge of the disk , the ventral interradial areas are naked except for a few scales next to the genital slit . |
| 6 | But the natives were friendly except for a few incidents in Skye . |
| 7 | He returned to England in 1844 but was unemployed except for a brief tenure of the post of governor of the new prison in Birmingham in 1849–51 , before dismissal . |
| 8 | The yard was empty except for a neat looking two-horse box and at the far end a large powerful motorbike . |
| 9 | The field was empty except for a few ewes with young lambs . |
| 10 | I was in a round room , which was empty except for a large square computer . |
| 11 | There was one there that was empty and for a long long while . |
| 12 | All was dark except for a tiny glimmer of red light . |
| 13 | Everything was dark except for a single patch where the moon shone through the skylight on to the wall . |
| 14 | He had blue eyes and his head was bare except for a few short grey hairs . |
| 15 | The room was bare except for a ping-pong table on folding trestle legs . |
| 16 | He was nude except for a drooping condom . |
| 17 | The droid was motionless but for a cautious antenna trembling at its apex . |
| 18 | They had reached the landing when the first door in the corridor opened and out stepped a man who seemed to have no connection with the boy Andrew Jones , for here was a handsome , well-built and tall man , and he was naked except for a small towel tucked round his waist . |
| 19 | She too was naked except for a small towel around her shoulders . |
| 20 | Dan 's face was scarlet and for a fleeting second Kate felt ashamed of herself . |
| 21 | The room was quiet except for a hidden fan that suddenly interrupted its humming with a series of squeaks like somebody rubbing his shoes together . |