Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 Apparently warming hugs can be most ungiving and greedily grasping for the self .
2 On the one hand , the sampling process had to generate as many categories of user as possible and so account for the variations found in the known sample relating to age , sex , class , township , and so on .
3 Although the breath H 2 test is sensitive and non-invasive and widely applied for the study of carbohydrate malabsorption , there are certain problems in the interpretation of its results .
4 Rachel was popular among the stall , always courteous and concerned and never asking for the impossible except with great charm and self-deprecation .
5 ‘ I hoped you two silly dykes had realised Nirvana , but here you are , alone and palely loitering for the love of your Lucy-o !
6 I lay there for a minute recovering my cool and then headed for the back door .
7 Chastened and tearful , I tidied the garden shed and resumed spring work resolving to be more efficient and better organised for the future .
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