Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid I shall be very much tied up for the rest of today . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 7 | The wh he said in fact it 's just come in for the programme or something has n't it . |
| 8 | He stopped then , and picked her up , shouldering his way into the bedroom with the large double bed already turned down for the night . |
| 9 | She was disconcerted to find that she walked into what was the main bedroom , dominated by a four-poster bed already turned down for the night . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's a tough customer , ’ remarked Melissa when they had finally settled down for the night . |
| 11 | He ordered us to collect picks and shovels and to start digging holes already marked out for the tentage … . |
| 12 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 13 | DEC , Hewlett-Packard , Hitachi , IBM and Groupe Bull have already signed on for the event . |
| 14 | Anglers from the St Helens and Newton-le-Willows areas are already signed up for the waterfront beat . |
| 15 | Andrew Martin and Carl Cartwright are already lined up for the trip . |
| 16 | He was lonely and broke and had already barged in for the loan of a cupful of Quaker oats . |
| 17 | But he looked far from confident facing an Indian legspinner , specially drafted in for the occasion by manager Keith Fletcher . |
| 18 | It was a modern one , specially fitted out for the Prince , and had windows . |
| 19 | A clear handball , as the replay shows and sure enough a penalty , but then Oxford 's Mike Ford was mysteriously sent off for the offence . |
| 20 | This affluence was made possible not only by higher wages ( in real terms ) but because new mass markets in non-essential goods were also opened up for the population at large . |
| 21 | We had been conducting the German youths on tours of our favourite places in the city — to the bullring , the restaurants , the bars , the River Tormes , the Casa de Santa Teresa , the Antiguo Colegio Mayor de Iriandeses , San Martin ( where we were nearly locked in for the night ) and to the conventual church of San Esteban . |
| 22 | Each person 's contribution is clearly laid out for the project and it can be seen how it will proceed from activity to activity . |
| 23 | Kallicharran , assuming that the entertainment had been concluded for the day , also set off for the dressing-room . |
| 24 | It was dark and well stormy by the time I got to the Aurora Corona Rest Home and the residents were probably battened down for the night . |
| 25 | Based around the museum site was No. 7027 ‘ Thornbury Castle ’ awaiting restoration , plus modern preserved diesel/electric motive power in the shape of No. 40118 and No. 50043 =Eagle ’ , the latter externally turned out for the extravaganza in Network South East colours . |
| 26 | In many ways the CPVE conforms very closely to the goals originally set out for the GCSE . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're probably not really cut out for the life of brigandry and terrorism , ’ said Cornelius kindly . |
| 28 | Asik immediately reached down for the delicacy and carefully slipped it into his shorts . |
| 29 | But the piece bubbles with character and is well laid out for the medium . |
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