Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand the definition of a bar is somewhere used principally for the consumption of alcoholic beverages . |
| 2 | B : You 'd better make straight for the bank , otherwise you 'll be too late . |
| 3 | The Channel Tunnel is to be built using the grand Chantier , or large scale works , procedure hitherto used only for the construction of nuclear power stations . |
| 4 | The Instruction ( Nakaz ) which Catherine personally drew up for the guidance of the deputies who made up this Commission was a conflation of ideas drawn , with little alteration , from West European writers , particularly Montesquieu and Beccaria . |
| 5 | She was being towed to the breakers when she began to take in water ( probably through the conning tower hatch which was only lashed down for the tow ) and sank . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , ’ Forester said urgently , and Carson could imagine his knuckles going white as he gripped the payphone receiver hard in an attempt to get his point across , ‘ my chance at having a kid 's been ruined , and the police and the government have got their heads together to cover up for the killer . ’ |
| 7 | So hang on for the ride , Pat . |
| 8 | For the trio to collect two gold medals and one silver was an unprecedented Scottish haul on the world stage which can only augur well for the highlight of this year 's outdoor season — the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart . |
| 9 | I 'm afraid I shall be very much tied up for the rest of today . |
| 10 | The welcome he received on the factory tour obviously boded well for the by-election as ten days later both candidates were elected . |
| 11 | I 'm only speaking now for the welfare of other fighters . |
| 12 | I 'm all packed up for the shoot tomorrow … the second last for this year — then 2 more in January & into the salmon season on Jan. 15 th ! & so the year 's round etc . |
| 13 | Probably the most pleasing aspect is the number of families now taking an active part in the rally scene , as this can only bode well for the future of metal detecting in this country . |
| 14 | The headmaster himself had accused her of only joining up for the uniform . |
| 15 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 16 | In the second incident , involving the credit card , he had only gone along for the ride , and had not used the card himself , said Mr Harper . |
| 17 | With their male love of machines , he and his friends ( especially rounded up for the occasion ) spent hours tinkering with it , heads down in worship under the bonnet . |
| 18 | She and had obviously gone away for the weekend . |
| 19 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |
| 20 | There were more than a few ‘ One Sergeant Wilko ’ and similar chants during the evening , perhaps making up for the heat-of-the-moment bollocking he got at Anfield for taking off a very industrious Rod Wallace . |
| 21 | Only spoke up for the girl . ’ |
| 22 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 23 | The working-class wives of early eighteenth-century London earned from charring , laundry , nursing , making and mending clothes , hawking , silk-winding and in the catering and victualling services : The great majority of women were unable to work in male trades and , since nearly three quarters of women wanted to or had to work for a living , they necessarily competed intensely for the work which was left , much of it of a casual nature and none of it organised by gilds and livery companies . |
| 24 | There was , too , something unaccountable about Richard — perhaps the same wilfulness that induced him to live offshore although his marriage was in a perilous state — which attracted him to Pratts because celebrations were only held there for the death of a king or queen . |
| 25 | Well this would be the ideal opportunity to look at that because obviously planning now for the future gives you an opportunity just as you 've done with your maxi-endowment |
| 26 | But even diaries of terror , such as have been published from the records of survivors or victims of totalitarian regimes , were rarely written simply for the author to look back on in years to come — for European Jews there was rarely much hope of any future . |
| 27 | If you live too far away to drive up for the day why not go for an extended weekend ? |
| 28 | Knowing what your rights may be worth in money terms will help you not only to decide whether or not to take legal action , if necessary , to recover the sums due to you , but also to assess the reasonableness of any ‘ termination package deal ’ offered to you and generally to plan ahead for the future . |
| 29 | The wh he said in fact it 's just come in for the programme or something has n't it . |
| 30 | Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear-wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . |