Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much for the son 's manic triumph over the phallic mother symbolized by the arrogant domination and tree-felling exploits of Gilgamesh or the Amazon-slaying of the Greek heroes ; but what of the homosexual element in the situation to which I alluded earlier ? |
| 2 | So much for the Opposition 's promise that no one earning under £20,000 a year would be hit . |
| 3 | He , Rufus , could have got just about enough together for the petrol en route and maybe his own food . |
| 4 | The real Cardiff Bay barrage story is rather different from the one on the poster ( enough so far for a residents ' association , the Cardiff Flood Action Committee , to have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority , and for the RSPB to be considering following suit ) . |
| 5 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 6 | For example : ‘ Going off piste is usually more for the instructor 's sake than yours . ’ |
| 7 | Her yellow nail traced once more for a stranger 's benefit the blank faces , wide staring eyes of the previous generation of Dersinghams . |
| 8 | That was great when you were a unit manager for a Directors ' Boardroom , but it 's not right now for a work 's canteen . |
| 9 | That means we have to pay in misery yet again for the Government 's mismanagement . |
| 10 | Cardif , the insurance company , and Cortal , the asset management division of CB , have both grown too slowly recently for the group 's taste . |
| 11 | I was called in and told the show was too expensive and was stretching facilities far too greatly for a children 's programme . ’ |
| 12 | Erm thanks very much for the directions er you gave me , it 's quite awkward coming off the main road there cos you really have |
| 13 | You said thank you very much for the duck 's egg . |
| 14 | He failed to do all he could for the Jews and socialised with the Nazis too easily for the Poles ' liking . |