Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv] for the [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The welcome he received on the factory tour obviously boded well for the by-election as ten days later both candidates were elected . |
| 5 | It was all-embracing and claimed that it alone spoke authoritatively for the people . |
| 6 | Only spoke up for the girl . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When the cold engine that was the city had coughed and kicked and finally started up for the day , then she 'd set out about her business . |
| 9 | Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ . |
| 10 | Well , before mid-afternoon all the men — and extra help always came in for the threshing — were incapable of working . |
| 11 | He usually turned out for the Palace at right-back and was the composed and effective successor to the brilliant Arthur Hudgell , epitomising the honest footballer who would always give of his best for his club whatever the situation . |
| 12 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 13 | So now he was at a disadvantage , which angered him , and he lost sight of the gratitude he usually summoned up for the stepfather who had spent much of his life obliging his adopted son 's ambition for parents with a big house and a dashing car . |
| 14 | Then , proudly and smiling , he slowly walked back for the presentation , his friends dancing round him patting him . |
| 15 | They were unanimously exuberant in their appreciation of Mr Murray 's speech which , by assuring the future of the community radio station , also augured well for the progress of the city . |
| 16 | ‘ McAndrew also worked hard for the club . ’ |
| 17 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 18 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 19 | ( Derek heartily spoke up for the bitter they pulled , too . ) |
| 20 | After that tour , Western Province employed both myself and Graham Gooch for two winters , which partially made up for the fees we lost by not being able to tour with England during the three-year Test ban . |
| 21 | And they even arrived separately for the dinner in honour of leaders attending the European summit in Edinburgh . |
| 22 | The hospital authorities today apologised unreservedly for the mistake and said an inquiry was underway to find out how it was ever allowed to happen . |
| 23 | It sniffed the air then made straight for the drum . |
| 24 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 25 | Fitzgerald then served out for the set to turn the match into a real struggle , or so we thought , but Grabb and McEnroe stepped up a gear midway through the fourth set to take control . |
| 26 | She pushed at the curl , then reached down for the shoulder-bag that lay at her feet and dug out an ebony hair pick . |
| 27 | He then stood up for the sentence , his hands on the dock rail . |
| 28 | Regimental Associations from around the city and further afield joined together for the ceremony , with music provided by Liverpool 's 100year-old Red Rose concert band . |
| 29 | And Jesus , endowed with the Spirit , breathed love and fellowship and yet stood sternly for the truth . |