Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues are impressed ( and sometimes alarmed ) by her willingness to link large philosophical issues with day to day matters ; for example , high state expenditure and taxation mean less for the ordinary citizens to spend as they choose . |
| 2 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 3 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 4 | 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes . |
| 5 | Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat . |
| 6 | ‘ I warm up for the down strokes by doing fast alternate picking … ’ |
| 7 | Add the ginger , garlic and Curry Powder , fry gently for a few minutes . |
| 8 | But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics . |
| 9 | Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care . |
| 10 | When a dog does start to show signs of becoming difficult about a visit to the surgery , you may want to arrange with your vet simply to walk up to the waiting room , pause here for a few moments and then return home . |
| 11 | So if you are foaming over the price of a pint , shop around for the special offers . |
| 12 | A full service history is essential and mechanical repair can be expensive , so shop around for the top examples . |
| 13 | Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin . |
| 14 | Watch out for the extra costs of low rate mortgages |
| 15 | Jump onto the lift to your right , then on the second lift , and finally onto a platform ( watch out for the bare wires ) , climb down the site of this second building if you wish to collect a couple of records , but it 's quicker and safer to climb up the purple wall above you and climb the four ladders , grab the crate and jump onto the platform on your left , kill the mugger , climb the ladder and grab another crate , climb another ladder , then another kill the workman in the process , run across to the right , jump before you touch the wire and you should land on the next platform . |
| 16 | Shoot the next rack on the left also ; watch out for the sharp rocks as you turn right at the bottom . |
| 17 | Look out for the following symbols under selected hotel descriptions : |
| 18 | Look out for the following varieties : " Silver Jubilee " — a pink Hybrid Tea which is the most disease resistant rose of all . |
| 19 | Look out for the new formulations in colour-coded packaging : |
| 20 | Look out for the sweet peas back in Unwins Seeds Plants Plus collection . |
| 21 | When next buying your petfood , look out for the special tins of Kit-e-Kat and Pal and pick up a Whiskas or Chum 1990 calendar . |
| 22 | Look out for the huge holes in the trees made of black woodpeckers and with luck you will see the culprit and even hear it at work . |
| 23 | On trees , in areas free from heavy air pollution , look out for the wispy tufts of the beard lichens Usnea spp . |
| 24 | Look out for the tell-tale signs |
| 25 | just lie here for a few moments . |
| 26 | Look too for the green/silvery leaves of sea purslane which has green/yellow flowers borne on short , branched spikes . |
| 27 | The 1986 and 1987 figures show a rapid pick up for the larger firms in particular . |
| 28 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 29 | In more and more grounds , fences and grilles have been built around the ‘ ends ’ and the areas set aside for the visiting supporters , further highlighting the sense of territory . |
| 30 | A burst of frequency between 10 and 10 4 Hz is expected with a duration of several cycles and an energy release of between and in gravitational waves from a star core of mass M. The mass M is expected to be similar to that of the pulsars , which average around for the few cases where measurements have been made . |