Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [art] [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 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 8 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
| 9 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But the bike is only cranked over for an instant before the Australian wrenches it upright and turns on the throttle . |
| 12 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 13 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 14 | The transport consultants Oscar Faber TPA will develop work already carried out for a study on short-term measures in the Forth area . |
| 15 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 16 | The wh he said in fact it 's just come in for the programme or something has n't it . |
| 17 | Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience . |
| 18 | He stopped then , and picked her up , shouldering his way into the bedroom with the large double bed already turned down for the night . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's a tough customer , ’ remarked Melissa when they had finally settled down for the night . |
| 21 | The impression of a house where the occupants had just walked out for a stroll in the garden was very strong . |
| 22 | He ordered us to collect picks and shovels and to start digging holes already marked out for the tentage … . |
| 23 | Pike was standing by a wooden rack of pamphlets , including What Has Old Mother Walsh to Say to Us ? and a large , colourful one for the kiddies entitled Daddy is n't Dead , He 's Just Gone Out for a Bit . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
| 26 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 27 | DEC , Hewlett-Packard , Hitachi , IBM and Groupe Bull have already signed on for the event . |
| 28 | Anglers from the St Helens and Newton-le-Willows areas are already signed up for the waterfront beat . |
| 29 | Andrew Martin and Carl Cartwright are already lined up for the trip . |
| 30 | He was lonely and broke and had already barged in for the loan of a cupful of Quaker oats . |