Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 2 | But he could not sit patiently and wait for the next train , in an hour 's time . |
| 3 | The Waste was utterly still and save for the dark Tower in the centre utterly empty ; the birds which enlivened the forest avoided it , the morning sun , shining obliquely across it , lit the Tower down one side leaving the other in deepest shadow . |
| 4 | He tossed the jug aside and reached for the discarded bandage with his good arm . |
| 5 | I 'm living alone now and looking for the next relationship , which I hope will be the last one . |
| 6 | In freezing temperatures and light snowfall , the enthusiastic and emotional crowd in Sofia heard Bulgaria 's most radical demands so far and called for the ousted leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , to stand trial for fraud and mismanagement . |
| 7 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
| 8 | The others will have to stay here and hope for the best . |
| 9 | She picked up her things again and made for the dim daylight outside , rather relieved it was n't a bright day . |
| 10 | Suppose the central bank takes this line of argument seriously and opts for the following policy rule : where n is a constant . |