Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've just come in for ninety three . |
| 2 | These rabbits were probably fattened up for some special occasion . |
| 3 | As it takes some time to get the system going and prepare the animal for recording , any one experiment can run for many hours , and as a result neurophysiologists tend , even more than any other lab scientists I know , to be erratic nightworkers and ( at least when they are graduate students ) not well cut out for normal social relations . |
| 4 | Specific minority issues , such as racial harassment or the relationship between the blacks and the police , can be usefully singled out for successful in-bureau training . |
| 5 | ‘ I told you not to ask , ’ he said when the line was grudgingly given over for another fifty seconds . |
| 6 | I 've actually put in for twenty thousand pounds ' worth of grants at this point , however , let's see whether I 'm fortunate to achieve that . |