Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no mention of hair , though Rufus knew hair could persist intact for far more years than those bones had been in the grave , and there was nothing about clothing . |
| 2 | Now that hope will have been taken from her , leaving her feeling that they have unfinished business , which ( unless she believes in life after death ) will remain unfinished for ever . |
| 3 | I ran through the fields , laid low for about two hours , then I made my way to the motorway and hitched it to Birmingham . |
| 4 | Indeed , it now became possible for even the temporary and seasonal migrations of Italian or Irish harvesters or railway builders to extend across the oceans . |
| 5 | One Sun OEM reports he 's getting hundreds of 36MHz Viking-based Sparcstation 10 Model 30s and one 40MHz Model 41 : he expects the latter to remain scarce for awhile . |
| 6 | No wonder they place some of it in a jar to be kept as one of their holiest objects , a sign for future generations of the extent of God 's grace ( no doubt that manna will remain fresh for ever : yet more miracle ! ) . |
| 7 | He is disabled , with a slightly handicapped right arm , and statistics show that jobless disabled people remain unemployed for twice as long as their able-bodied counterparts . |
| 8 | Even dressed as he now was , in a blue cotton jacket and trousers , he could never have been taken for an Italian , and since he was n't able to walk — he could only hop on one leg — or speak the language , he was hardly likely to remain free for long out in the open . |
| 9 | It ca n't stay empty for ever . ’ |
| 10 | Bachet said that he had checked this for more than 300 numbers but did not know how to prove it . |
| 11 | You do n't have to know that for now . |
| 12 | Thus profiling is always likely to be seen as of peripheral importance to the academically able , central only to those who have already been deemed unsuitable for further or higher education . |
| 13 | But one ca n't help wondering why , after two failed trans-Atlantic unions , he did n't decide to try British for once . |
| 14 | They did not lack these for long . |
| 15 | Scudamore hopes his judgement holds good for tomorrow 's Gold Cup . |
| 16 | Scudamore hopes his judgment holds good for tomorrow 's Gold Cup . |
| 17 | Kinsai was constructed on top of a plug of volcanic rock which rose sheer for almost a thousand metres out of an almost perfectly flat and featureless plain . |
| 18 | In a similar fashion it was becoming common for quite trivial legal disputes to go to the papal Curia on appeal : this was to transform the very nature of papal jurisdiction and authority , and is a striking example of the cosmopolitan links and assumptions of twelfth-century culture . |
| 19 | Reid felt the first spasm of panic sweeping over him for he knew what Lester was after but Reid just grunted back at Piggott which provided no encouragement at all and he must have been one of the most relieved jockeys in the race to see the starting stalls open for even in the parade beforehand he still had visions of Lester taking over . |
| 20 | Whether that holds true for very frail old people is doubtful as Wenger herself recognises . |
| 21 | Moreover , if the purchaser wishes to rationalise the workforce he runs the risk of becoming liable for automatically unfair dismissals where employees are dismissed as a result of the transfer of the business . |
| 22 | Keyboard studies remain paramount for about a third of music college undergraduates although opportunities are provided for the learning of a second instrument or singing . |
| 23 | She was young and strong and beautiful , and could not remain sad for long . |
| 24 | Incredible to believe , although he had fallen unchecked for over 200 feet , onto solid rock below , the pilot was still alive , although dying from multiple injuries . |
| 25 | Do you know it twenty to six we played that for about two hours was it ? |
| 26 | If that happened , I 'd feel guilty for ever . ’ |
| 27 | and it was er a penny each way from across to Mold and when he sold out to Crosswell , old Jenkins stipulated that for so many years they had to keep penny each way |
| 28 | I think what you want to do now , write down a list of what you want him to do and let Steve do that for tomorrow if you can and then let's see if we can make him stick to that list cos otherwise he 'll be here in |
| 29 | Cos I got that other meat , the red meat to do for a supper but I can do that for tomorrow |
| 30 | I want you to try and do that for as long as you can , the person 's who 's trying to take them off it you try and take them off that point as long as you can , the other person stick to your guns , okay ? |