Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 2 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 3 | It is not surprising that Dr L regarded the humanities with some contempt , arguing that students go to sign on for a medieval history course in the arts faculty and |
| 4 | All through this they 've cried out for a modern definition . |
| 5 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 6 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
| 7 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 8 | Both have gone on for a long time . |