Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only come for the afternoon because Sheila 's off sick . |
| 2 | They had more Catholics than Protestants , and so voted for the Republic when Ireland was partitioned . |
| 3 | These have been especially designed for the work and it helps to make every effort to obtain them . |
| 4 | In some ways , however , Alexander was better prepared for the throne than either of his immediate predecessors . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , God help him , poor gentleman , ’ Kate laughed , pleased at male incompetence , ‘ he was only looking for the oven when I got in . |
| 6 | Had he daily prayed for the church and the world ? |
| 7 | Shrewsbury stood around there , apparently looking for the offside and in the end it was an awful effort at goal . |
| 8 | If you lack confidence in your ability to give her the right kind of help and comfort , but really want to do so , you have nothing to fear , because this probably means that you are much better equipped for the task than you imagine . |
| 9 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |
| 10 | Alright , not only do we have competing products on the farm , but we have joint products on the farm , in that if you rear sheep , sheep are not only used for the meat that they produce , but also the wheat the er , the wool that 's on , that 's on their backs . |
| 11 | As a general rule , when the demand for a resource is such that it is allocated for two thirds of the available time , then programs spend twice as long waiting for the resource as using it . |
| 12 | ‘ It was a first-past-the-post system and I can personally vouch for the result because I saw with my own eyes a clear majority for Prime Suspect . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It was a first-past-the-post system and I can personally vouch for the result because I saw with my own eyes a clear majority for Prime Suspect . ’ |
| 14 | Some explanation is perhaps needed for the fact that the same phrases also sound more normal in ( 18 ) than the corresponding phrases in ( 15 ) : ( 18 ) the heir is a lawful one her cousin is a distant one Possibly we should accept that , even when used in a context of heirs and cousins respectively , these two adjectives occupy an intermediate position in the sense that they can be construed either way without any significant difference in the non-linguistic phenomena that can be designated thereby . |
| 15 | The town , though small , is wealthy and respectable and is much noted for the spirit and enterprise of its merchants . ’ |
| 16 | I can only race for the title when I 'm happy with the whole team around me . |
| 17 | You will not only write for the public but will also produce many reports of meetings , research , and projects during your career . |
| 18 | The players also have only praise for the man and his methods . |
| 19 | There are some pieces — the most notable is usually known as " On music and words " — which were apparently meant for the book and later rejected , but which fall within the scope of BT , and so have no bearing on the question . |
| 20 | She , Esther and Alix had known one another since their Cambridge days , and often met , but an evening with them necessarily excluded Charles : Esther and Alix did not much care for the world that Charles represented , and his presence inhibited all three of them . |
| 21 | First , all juices and liquid which come from fish or meat to be potted , whether especially cooked for the purpose or whether left-over from a joint , must be drained off before the food is pounded or packed up for potting . |
| 22 | A similar mechanism may perhaps account for the fact that some group-living animals drive sick or injured individuals out of the group . |
| 23 | Groups were created by political or material need , and once created , granted each other quasi-familial status ( complete , for literate societies , with swiftly constructed genealogies ; thus , the descendants of the prophet in Islam have down the ages offered much work for the imagination and ingenuity of the genealogical archivists ) . |
| 24 | The mission attracted further media coverage when the flight commander , Anatoly Artsebarsky , stated in a pre-launch interview that he believed Sharman 's male back-up , Maj. Timothy Mace , was better qualified for the trip and that it was " not a woman 's business to fly into space " . |
| 25 | I 'll tell him what we 've already arranged for the week and find out if there are any special requests or queries . |
| 26 | Now ladies and gentlemen if you have any questions we 'll be happy to answer them for you Can you just wait for the microphone because the guys at the back ca n't hear the question |
| 27 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 28 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 29 | This process of taking information which is normally destined for the screen and sending it somewhere else is called redirection and is usually done with the > symbol . |
| 30 | The model thus allows for the fact that an individual 's originality content is inherent , independent of education and in some cases stifled by it . |