Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I would have been quite happy if he had gone on for longer . |
| 32 | But a third group , induced to feel purringly happy , remained blocked up for longer than patients who had no treatment at all . |
| 33 | She 's cut out for better things than wasting her time on some blue-eyed , grease-stained English Romeo . ’ |
| 34 | Each school 's proposal is read by the DCSL , Divisional Librarian and the ACL:E&SS , and accepted or sent back for further refinement as required . |
| 35 | Rock on for lower rates . |
| 36 | Some individuals carry on for longer , and one has been heard to call 270 times without a break . |
| 37 | If , however , a relatively minor matter is left over for later agreement it does not necessarily follow that there is no contract . |
| 38 | Group turnover was once again almost unchanged at £307 million , thanks to the inclusion of £10 million from the £18 million acquisition of Royal Tufton last May , and operational profits actually rose 3 per cent to £27.1 million , with packaging and specialist materials in the UK and Europe performing best , and making up for weaker profits from North America and from plastics . |
| 39 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 40 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 41 | These are more effective than shampoos because they are applied directly to the scalp and left on for longer . |
| 42 | Dramatic African-inspired prints are toned down for softer , everyday wear . |
| 43 | If he did that , some of our constituents might receive benefits , and the people involved in crime might get sent down for longer periods . |
| 44 | They did not go so far as to learn the language of the peoples they studied , but they did spell out for later writers the ground rules of such research . |
| 45 | She searched around for further words to express her grief , but could find none , and kept repeating herself . |
| 46 | However , long before these disastrous developments , Vermuyden was wiping the mud of Hatfield off his boots and casting around for greener pastures . |
| 47 | The legacy of Descartes comes in for further scrutiny in Joanna Hodge 's paper , which examines the concept of ‘ the subject ’ which philosophy has inherited from Descartes . |
| 48 | However , it was disappointing that a new international instrument on ‘ disappearances ’ was held over for further study . |
| 49 | Accepting the logic of this situation the matter was held over for further review at a later Department Head meeting . |
| 50 | It would seem highly unlikely , except at the times when falling piece rates forced them to , that domestic workers averaged such hours through the week , although they must have worked them on some days , if only to make up for slacker work early in the week . |
| 51 | Snapped up for hter obvious talent by Hollywood , Palcy held fast to her idea of making a movie about South Africa . |
| 52 | But , again judging from the US experience , this awareness will not make people much more conscious of the actual money cost of different forms of credit than they are already , nor encourage shopping around for cheaper credit . |