Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [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 | Ian Black in Tel Aviv asks whether Israel , willing but hardly prepared for the influx , can cope . |
| 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 | I lay there for a minute recovering my cool and then headed for the back door . |
| 8 | Chastened and tearful , I tidied the garden shed and resumed spring work resolving to be more efficient and better organised for the future . |