Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For natural selection acts by either now adapting the various parts of each being to its conditions of life , or by having adapted them during long past periods of time ’ . |
| 2 | Why , even when complaints are made , are they often inadequately dealt with , why is there no compensation and why do people sometimes hear nothing for far too long ? |
| 3 | ‘ Just you bear in mind that you 've got me now , Kate , and you 'll have me for as long as you want me . |
| 4 | I hold him with me for as long as I can before my leg goes dead . |
| 5 | I 've kept it bottled up inside me for so long . ’ |
| 6 | How had it seduced me for so long ? |
| 7 | ‘ He thinks the ministry is an affectation and a waste of time , and on the other hand he thinks priests should be very good , and he does n't think I am because he 's known me for so long , so he 's annoyed with me . |
| 8 | I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score . |
| 9 | Shall I kiss you , Lissa , shall I pay homage to those ripe , exotic fruits you 've kept hidden from me for so long ? |
| 10 | ‘ But I 'm sure that after being monopolised by me for so long you 'll be anxious to return to your boyfriend . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Have n't you punished me for long enough ? |
| 12 | Then Guido said , ‘ But somehting strikes me as not quite right . |
| 13 | Because you , Neil 's already spoken to them about how late th the thing was coming in the first place no and they 've just ignored it ! |
| 14 | But if somebody said to me shop , alright you do n't flare up face you flare up with them for not fucking apologising . |
| 15 | We only want them for tonight really do n't we . |
| 16 | Intellectualisation : The family members usually have clearer heads than the primary sufferers and use them for even more determined discussion of " facts " rather than facing up to and discussing the emotional pain of their own position . |
| 17 | Just look at some of the people who have managed to hold down the job over the years : Tommy Docherty , Malcolm Allison , Bobby ‘ Rattling Dentures ’ Robson , most of the 1970–71 Leeds side ( although none of them for very long ) , Alan Ball and various sad , ex-midfield maestros who later became senior sales executives ( North Lincolnshire Region ) for foot-salve manufacturers and double glazing distribution companies . |
| 18 | My father seemed to be happy to conduct his affairs through them for long enough . |
| 19 | And other costs , such as readers and having to buy books because you ca n't borrow them for long enough from libraries to get them recorded or brailled , er those sorts of things really are n't taken account of and you 're simply going to have to borrow money er to pay for your disability in effect . |
| 20 | They arranged them on the sand lemons or onions or oranges — in careful little piles and sold them for so much a pile . |
| 21 | I 've lived on the moor with them for so long . |
| 22 | Many now realised , for the first time , that she may not be with them for that much longer . |
| 23 | After a couple of hours of observing in these conditions , shapes and objects in front of me appeared to move , if I stared at them for too long . |
| 24 | She did not dare look at them for too long for fear of missing her footing or forgetting a move but the look on Edward 's face added another notch to her enjoyment . |
| 25 | ‘ I know the civil liberties people will not like it , but to some degree they have got us into this mess and we have been listening to them for too long , ’ said Mr Gallie . |
| 26 | Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition — Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember . |
| 27 | But they could lie safely among them for as long as they liked , and they could move through them easily and unseen . |
| 28 | I do n't know why I kept them for as long as I did . |
| 29 | In terms of giving teachers more chances to learn and to develop it comes down to releasing them for as long as they can with some financial help , some doubling-up of teaching and a well-organized use of locally managed funds . |
| 30 | The fields which Miss Lockwood owned are also left to you , Sara , with the provision that Mr. Preston must have the use of them for as long as he requires for his horses . " |