Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dom Pérignon cared little for the wooden plugs wrapped in oil-soaked hemp which were in use during his time . |
| 2 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 3 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 4 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 5 | Depending on the region and year , there were between one and sixteen cattle thefts reported annually for every 10,000 inhabitants ( Table 3.1 ) . |
| 6 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 7 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 8 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 9 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
| 10 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
| 11 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 12 | 1.4 ‘ Net Invoice Price ’ means the price charged by for the Licensed Products to customers and distributors , less the following deductions where they are factually applicable : |
| 13 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 14 | Elizabeth and Helen moved into their own basement flat in an inner-city suburb in 1987. they are middle-aged and spent nearly thirty years together at the same mental handicap hospital but lived separately for the two years before the move into the community because Helen was transferred to a smaller institution . |
| 15 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 16 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 17 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 18 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 19 | He was born in another age , the age when we played not for a million dollars in prize-money , or television sets , or holidays in the sun , but for the simple , exhilarating pleasure of golf itself . |
| 20 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 21 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 22 | Hard , they say , to be too overawed by a character like Cage , whose music includes Roaratorios and a piece composed solely for the white keys on the piano . |
| 23 | Rose drove silently for a few minutes . |
| 24 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 25 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 26 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 27 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 28 | This happened only for the deeper intervals and also had the effect of nearly destroying the core . |
| 29 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 30 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |