Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently warming hugs can be most ungiving and greedily grasping for the self . |
| 2 | It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rachel was popular among the stall , always courteous and concerned and never asking for the impossible except with great charm and self-deprecation . |
| 6 | ‘ I hoped you two silly dykes had realised Nirvana , but here you are , alone and palely loitering for the love of your Lucy-o ! |
| 7 | They are complicated and obviously designed for a purpose , yet they are not alive , and they are made of metal and plastic rather than of flesh and blood . |
| 8 | But with half an hour gone the poor quality of United 's final ball had left Cantona stranded and still looking for a chance to put some flesh on Ferguson 's bold predictions . |
| 9 | I lay there for a minute recovering my cool and then headed for the back door . |
| 10 | Chastened and tearful , I tidied the garden shed and resumed spring work resolving to be more efficient and better organised for the future . |