Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7 Measure the area exactly and scale it down for transfer to squared paper — a large scale would be 1.2 cm ( ½ in ) per 30 cm ( 12 in ) , but if you want to mark in all the plants in all the beds , it would have to be of the order of 5 cm/30 cm ( 2 in/12 in ) . |
| 2 | US Sun Chemical Corporation exploited the weakness of the pound yesterday and snapped it up for just under £15m , or 167.5p a share . |
| 3 | If you have stress incontinence this exercise will help if you do it regularly and keep it up for several months : |
| 4 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 5 | He had had to fight for everything he had done , fight the people who wanted to wrap him up safely and wheel him out for a bit of ribbon-cutting and ceremonial . |