Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another . |
| 2 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 3 | Maybe this idea could catch on for older properties ? |
| 4 | Had the recession been staved off for longer , support for the Scottish Nationalists — now at 31 p.c. in the polls and only seven points behind Labour — might not have been as strong . |
| 5 | When the full meeting of commissioners also failed to agree " without the authority of their lords " , they made a truce until 5 November and reported back for further instructions . |
| 6 | As it is , a large part of the caring that is carried out for older people , both those living at home and those living with relatives , is carried out by women , mostly daughters and daughters-in-law . |
| 7 | Cough up for greater acceleration , increased top speed , improved shocks for a smoother ride ( pity — I hoped they 'd electrocute your opponents ! ) , and snazzier tyres for better off-road-holding . |
| 8 | When she signed her first big contract , Marilyn reputedly said , ‘ That 's the last cock I 'll have to suck ’ , though at the same time she seemed to be looking around for greater conquests . |
| 9 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |
| 10 | Bus chiefs stand up for older vehicles |
| 11 | Watch out for further announcements . |
| 12 | Throughout the summer watch out for larger pack sizes , products from the New World and new styles . |
| 13 | Watch out for smaller compact cameras . |
| 14 | Look out for whooper and Bewick 's swans , both of which have yellow and black bill colouring rather than the orange and black of our native mute swan . |
| 15 | Look out for further tales , available free at the Ponderosa . |
| 16 | However , the main concern must be that pressure from the right to reduce interest rates may become irresistible , or that the markets will in the interim test credibility to the point where the pressure builds up for higher rates which would be very difficult for the new government to accept . |
| 17 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year . |
| 18 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 19 | ‘ The higher risk prisoners are locked up for longer . |
| 20 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 21 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 22 | It recommends that developing countries seek " advance payments and relatively small royalties rather than holding out for higher royalties that may never materialise " . |
| 23 | The Virgilianism of Hardy cries out for further investigation . |
| 24 | Your Royal Highness , it follows to me er Council have debated the Riding Report er a lot of it they did not accept , many of the ideas were referred back for further reconsideration and that is in the hands of the Central Management Committee at the moment and we are proposing to develop the ideas and come back to Council and the wh whole report is not forgotten . |
| 25 | Even when played clean , the notes ring on for longer than you would believe possible . |
| 26 | Once they were married adults they settled down for longer periods . |
| 27 | I must admit I kept him tied up for longer than I was advised as I wanted to make sure he was capable of moving about safely as he invariably would want to look out of the door and then go back to his food . |
| 28 | An innkeeper is however , only bound to supply that which he has available and is not under any duty to send out for further supplies in order to satisfy the traveller 's request . |
| 29 | Under these schemes , which had first been developed in the 1970s as a means of raising capital from the private sector for new development , for example , on office and shopping complexes ( i.e. as a means of avoiding constraints on capital spending ) , council property was sold on a long lease to another agency and then leased back for shorter periods until the long lease expired . |
| 30 | In Wales the club-v-country argument has gone on for longer even than the locust years — a constant , nagging reminder of the manifold and manifest divisions that have wrought such damage on Welsh rugby . |