Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He claims these reptiles make superb pets as they sit incredibly still for hours and then go on the rampage — very much like Pest Control staff ! |
| 2 | This can now be seen at Scotland 's only Thai restaurant , Buntom 's in Nelson Street , the proprietors having given most generously for it to the cause . |
| 3 | He found that positive feedback was predictably given most often for accuracy and quantity of reading . |
| 4 | He had taken his sister to town that morning , to Miss Baker 's and Miss Adeane 's where all the gossip would be flowing free and strong , and bought her a new hat and gloves and a flask of the perfume Miss Adeane kept hidden discreetly away for customers who wished it to he believed that they smelled naturally of lavender or roses . |
| 5 | As a personal trademark we put up a straw model of a short-eared owl made locally especially for us . |
| 6 | Oh I do n't think so not for what they , what they , they want . |
| 7 | Part of the reason why the shareholders had to wait so long for a return was that the original capital had been only 10,000 guineas , and the Company financed itself by fairly short-term loans from the merchants with which it did business , so the shareholders stood at the end of a long line of creditors but could expect substantial returns on their money in the end if the Company survived . |
| 8 | A first attempt has now been made in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 to remedy this omission ( see below ) , but the fact that sentencers have had to wait so long for such a lead is evidence of a serious weakness in the self-regulatory capacity of the Court of Appeal itself . |
| 9 | ‘ Please God you wo n't have to wait so long for John to come home , ’ she said . |
| 10 | John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive |
| 11 | It had always distressed him that the West and the Eastern bloc could both budget so generously for what he considered to be the evils of the nuclear industry while millions in the Third World were left wanting for food . |
| 12 | I have not heard the ’ white heat of the technological revolution ’ speech made so well for many years . |
| 13 | ‘ And let her know that you cared so little for me that you had to be reminded ? |
| 14 | ‘ I need hardly tell you , ’ he continued in his dry voice , ‘ what a blow you dealt to she who cared so much for your welfare . |
| 15 | And she felt a twinge of panic that , already , she cared so much for his opinion . |
| 16 | Nor had he to wait long there for the train running in connection with the sailing of the ‘ Iona ’ steamship from Greenock . |
| 17 | Surely , she mused , it had n't been raining long enough for the water levels to rise that far , and even though the middle of the week had proved consistently wet she felt confident she would arrive at the cottage long before the possibility became a reality . |
| 18 | But it sits long enough for me to point out the difference between the two species . |
| 19 | He wanted to say her name but he could not remember it ; he wanted to engage in the physical endearments and gentleness he so much prided himself on bestowing and was received so gratefully for so doing , but this lean , hard-bodied girl would have none of it . |
| 20 | His pupils were developing minds of their own , behaving out of character , no longer the dull but devoted group of enthusiasts he had taught so constructively for six months . |
| 21 | Generally , it is best to send out a strong opener , that is someone who can be relied upon to go all out for a victory . |
| 22 | Under the STV popularity is nevertheless what our MPs would have to go all out for if they wanted to be re-elected . |
| 23 | Under the new captaincy of Ken Mentle , the club decided not to go all out for the title but simply to consolidate their Premier Division status . |
| 24 | And then I r I realized that the job was only gon na last a year , cos it 's only a year job , so the best thing I can do is to go all out for what I wan na do when I leave the centre . |
| 25 | She came back to the north with him after that and they lived together again for a time . |
| 26 | We lived together happily for many years and now it has come to killing each other 's babies . |
| 27 | Friday and I lived together happily for three years . |
| 28 | Powerful , yet emotive , and sometimes melodramatic , The Power of One goes all out for the heartstrings with the weight of justice and the inevitability of history on its side . |
| 29 | ‘ When women in North Africa and the Arab world are struggling so hard for equality and respect , it is ironic that here in France a fundamentalist minority is pushing them to conform to tradition . |
| 30 | He felt only sorry for him and sure that , if they could stay alone together for a while , Fiver would come round to an easier state of mind . |