Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The penicillin injected into Julia 's veins four times a day killed the infection inexorably , and within three days the oxygen tent had been removed and she was sitting up in bed waiting for her meals with real hunger . |
| 2 | In the meantime , Adam has gone back to school to study for his A levels . |
| 3 | SALLY Faber , wife of Westbury Tory MP David Faber , has gone back to school to prepare for her new job as a weather girl with the London News Network , the new London television service . |
| 4 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 5 | How many times have you faced the glares of your fellow shoppers in supermarkets as you struggle to pack your bags with one hand and write a cheque with the other , or fumble around for cash to pay for your goods . |