Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 2 | As soon as one person 's work has been built into the computer , it stays there and goes on working for as long as needed . |
| 3 | The result is that in 1981 the cores and rings together accounted for nearly 9 out of 10 of the British population . |
| 4 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |
| 5 | Some of those waves at the bottom of the world — I mean you can tell by the look of them they have come from the beginnings of time and will roll right over you and go on rolling for ever . |
| 6 | Manufacturing output increased by around 10 per cent , and manufactures now accounted for about 80 per cent of all exports ( compared with about 33 per cent in 1980 ) . |
| 7 | She heard the question and did n't answer for quite a while , just looked at me . |
| 8 | Crewe are top of div 3 by 8 points , and had not lost for about 15 games , so were always going to have confidence , good organisation and scoring ability . |
| 9 | What for but do n't get for tomorrow . |
| 10 | The new pope was still pro-imperial , but did not survive for long , dying on the 3rd December 1154 . |