Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although recorded annually there is no regular winter population , and birds rarely remain for more than a few days except in severe winters , when considerable influxes occur . |
| 2 | This is also the venue for the annual Howden Agricultural Show , which every year brings friends and visitors together to revel for two days in the old-fashioned atmosphere of an English country fair . |
| 3 | There were about 350,000 marriages last year and 174,000 divorces compared with 398,000 and 156,000 respectively in 1981 and remarriages now accounted for 36 per cent of all marriages . |
| 4 | Airtours and Owners Abroad compete for second place in the holiday market behind Thomson . |
| 5 | Thus in ( 191 ) , to feel evokes a new state of awareness which has arisen as a result of the combined effect on the reader 's mind of novels and tales previously selected for this purpose . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that these relationships are characterized by stronger obligations than any others , we find that in practice there is a wide range of experience of what parents and children actually do for each other . |
| 7 | This is the longest stay recorded for any individual , but birds often remain for several weeks . |
| 8 | He croaked , ‘ Sorry to disappoint you , but princesses always fall for that line . ’ ’ |