Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From SIDT 's standpoint , official indicators do not count for much . |
| 2 | However , the overwhelming majority of lay ( non-specialist ) visitors did not come for predominantly educational reasons . |
| 3 | Learning ‘ parrot fashion ’ is adequate in the very short-term but the effects do not last for long . |
| 4 | After all , hinges do n't last for ever and it 's not as if they were trying to cram a bulky parcel through a small space , just a slim package . |
| 5 | He never ceased to wonder at the irony of expecting miracles from a reliquary in which her bones had once lain for only three days and nights , before being returned reverently to her native Welsh earth ; and even more to be wondered at , the infinite mercy that had transmitted grace through all those miles between , forgiven the presence of a sorry human sinner in the coffin she had quitted , and let the radiance of miracle remain invisibly about her altar , unpredictable , accessible , a shade wanton in where it gave and where it denied , as the stuff of miracles is liable to be , at least to the human view . |
| 6 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 7 | But this happy state of affairs did not last for very long . |
| 8 | Miracles do n't last for long , do they ? |
| 9 | In the 1930's , at a time when many potteries closed down to wait for more favourable conditions to return , the fifth Josiah Wedgwood decided to build a new factory . |
| 10 | But the victories of the court 's opponents did not endure for long . |
| 11 | But she 's noticed among her friends that women carry on trying for much longer . |
| 12 | Those moments did not last for long , however , because she was soon hearing again his silky , and infuriating , declaration that he was taking her over as his girlfriend . |
| 13 | However , Waddington noted that " the SAP [ South African Police ] is an unaccountable police force " and that the " difficulties encountered " by his inquiry team " suggested [ that ] systems do not exist for either internal or external accountability " . |
| 14 | Only 30 people were injured and the resultant fires did n't last for long , so speculation about how many injuries or how much damage there would have been if people had been up and about is pointless . |
| 15 | The practices did not last for long and soon we were off . |