Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 32 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |
| 33 | By the way they 're also made up for the following week as well in case , if it 's Tuesday night , oh , let me just look at next week , what have I got ? |
| 34 | ‘ Your concern does you credit , and I 'll see to it you have a few things wrapped up for the poor woman when you go to see her . ’ |
| 35 | You 'll have to take mum out for a nice Indian once she feels better . |
| 36 | East Belfast-based midfielder Keery ( 28 ) has been holding out for a better deal than the one on offer . |
| 37 | Greece sought until the last moment to hold out for a higher ceiling than the 60,500 transit licences offered to Greek lorries . |
| 38 | It was a pleasant voice , with an undertone of humour , and Alexandra was immediately jealous , envisaging Matthew and his secretary in his office , laughing together , sharing jokes about his work , perhaps going out for a quick meal before they both went home . |
| 39 | Perhaps he popped out for a quick sandwich while Nigel read ? |
| 40 | As he hit the water , his legs flailed in the mid-air running motion like a character in a Tom and Jerry cartoon and he quickly struck out for a convenient ladder as I hastily brought Venturous to a standstill some feet off the pier . |
| 41 | what I 'll probably do is take you out for a little while so you can go up and see Annie and all that , next week , not only a |
| 42 | Shoot the next rack on the left also ; watch out for the sharp rocks as you turn right at the bottom . |
| 43 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 44 | They had been about to set out for the main bridge when he had said : |
| 45 | Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ? |
| 46 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 47 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 48 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 49 | With prices down by up to a third in some areas , there are many bargains around for the discerning buyer whether you fancy a converted barn or like the challenge of renovating . |
| 50 | The insects are out and about for the same reason as us , moving at night to beat the midday heat at the very centre of the Grand Canyon . |