Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] for [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of Leathart 's survey , Taylor 's Level had been carried on for some 210 fathoms , and was then about 35 fathoms short of being below the deepening sump in the floor of Fleming 's . |
| 2 | ‘ Unless your estimable uncle had expensive amusements , Master Hussey , you must surely have come in for this very money along with the rest . ’ |
| 3 | Bernstein 's work has come in for some strong criticism recently . |
| 4 | These rabbits were probably fattened up for some special occasion . |
| 5 | Lincoln , in turn , came across the mystery in de Sede 's book Le Tresor Maudit ( The Cursed Treasure ) , which he had picked up for some light holiday reading . |
| 6 | ‘ I told you not to ask , ’ he said when the line was grudgingly given over for another fifty seconds . |
| 7 | an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts . |
| 8 | Emotional maturation is arrested during the active phase of addictive disease and therefore the counsellor who is in recovery will need to have made up for this lost time for emotional development . |
| 9 | Similar schemes have been drawn up for several mammalian groups , certain butterfly genera , various reptiles and amphibians while a good deal of work has been carried out on the distributions of the avifauna . |
| 10 | But Lanfranc seems not even to have noticed that the community still followed , however imperfectly , the order of monastic life which had been laid down for all English monasteries a hundred years earlier , of which two copies from the pre-Conquest library at Christ Church , Canterbury , still survive . |
| 11 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
| 12 | A problem report will be set up for each reported problem . |
| 13 | Daily assessment has gone on for all these years , with tests occasionally being undertaken — that is a reality . |
| 14 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 15 | Would n't have minded if the driver had gone in for some stronger magic — the old Christianity did n't seem to be having much effect on his driving . |
| 16 | Sadly I think that our time has run out for this particular session , but I would remind you that the seminars this afternoon , erm , are , offer other opportunities to explore both some of the issues that have been raised er , through your questions now , and also others that you may wish to raise , er , with the members of staff , the leaders of the groups . |
| 17 | Were th were they taken out for any specific reason ? |
| 18 | erm and I 've sent off for some loose fitting ones |
| 19 | She said people receiving the letter should not worry that they have been singled out for any genuine reason . |
| 20 | We could have held out for another three years and got over all the changes and benefited financially , but I do n't believe finance is the be-all and end-all of everything . |