Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole thing becomes one fluid manoeuvre with power on for the maximum possible time . |
| 2 | There is only , well there are sixteen hours that er that Norman 's put down for the total technical work supervision on the job , I would have thought that perhaps that might be quite tight , er you know bearing in mind that it 's maybe a job that requires a |
| 3 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |
| 4 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 5 | A correction factor was then applied , as before , to gross up for the entire Scotch Whisky industry . |
| 6 | Get your initials up for the ultimate high score . ’ |
| 7 | He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore . |
| 8 | Oxford 's Yinka Idowa continues her run up for the forthcoming outdoor season , this time indoors , jumping for Great Britain in the Pearl Assurance games in Glasgow . |
| 9 | A whole pig is served up for the main New Year feast , and bean curd , sausages and special wine are prepared . |
| 10 | Limbering up for the ensuing psychological/physical endurance marathon on the groove-locked crawling king snake blues of ‘ Lonely ’ , from there on in there 's no turning back as Rollins , Andrew , Sim Cain , and Chris Haskett seriously screw on the power , tail-shunting their hysterically intense cover of the Pink Fairies ' ‘ Do It ’ in the process . |
| 11 | Limbering up for the ensuing psychological/physical endurance marathon on the groove-locked crawling king snake blues of ‘ Lonely ’ , from there on in there 's no turning back as Rollins , Andrew , Sim Cain , and Chris Haskett seriously screw on the power , tail-shunting their hysterically intense cover of the Pink Fairies ' ‘ Do It ’ in the process . |
| 12 | The build up for the old firm game with Rangers went on for weeks . |
| 13 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 14 | Look out for the superb new range of dryers and stylers now on the shelves in major Marks and Spencers stores . |
| 15 | He set out a four-point plan , commencing with Iraqi compliance with UN resolutions and withdrawal from Kuwait ; the international community could then guarantee the removal of forces , and the restoration of Kuwaiti sovereignty , with arrangements to take account of " the will of the Kuwaiti people " ; an international conference should then be arranged , and comprehensive arms reductions worked out for the whole Middle East region , which would imply dialogue among all concerned , to replace confrontation with " the dynamics of good neighbourliness " . |
| 16 | By the end of the year he was predicting , in research carried out for the Scottish National Party , that unemployment would have a worse impact in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK , reflecting the poorer social conditions prevalent there . |
| 17 | First courses such as asparagus ( choose vinaigrette rather than butter , or better yet , fresh lemon to be squeezed over ) ; oysters ( almost no calories , but watch out for the buttered brown bread ! ) ; soused and smoked fish ( the soused fish — usually herring — is lower in calories than the smoked , but both are fairly light ) ; fish and vegetable terrines ( though usually made with cream , you get very little in a slice ) ; quails ' eggs ( without mayonnaise ) ; and stuffed or marinated vegetables . |
| 18 | Look out for the special pencil-lead aroma . |
| 19 | Watch out for the full Laughing Gas brochure in March . |
| 20 | Look out for the old red telephone box which stands nearby . |
| 21 | After the service , when everyone had filed outside , Willie looked around for the strange curly-haired boy that he had seen at the Post Office . |