Example sentences of "[adv prt] again for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |
| 2 | Fletcher is worried that half of England 's winter tour party will be at home for little more than a week before flying off again for pre-season trips with their counties . |
| 3 | And but at Fords we they we were laid off again for this other weekend till they took stock . |
| 4 | She never uses the central heating system , only turns on a single bar of her electric fire for about half an hour and then off again for another half hour or so . |
| 5 | By the time you 've sussed that out , you 've missed another five minutes , your brain gets confused so you then switch off again for another three minutes and try and clear everything . |
| 6 | You would think that they were — thankfully — drawing to a close , and then they would burst off again for another hour and you found yourself wishing they would just shut up . |
| 7 | Trouble was , if he put his head down then he might not wake up again for 24 hours . |
| 8 | This strategy was scrapped when it became apparent that the government needed to take some action before the students revved up again for another outbreak of violence . |
| 9 | So he took it , and played something soft and sad , something plaintive and melancholy that rose up every third line as if it was going to shake off its sorrow and fly forward and free ; but then in the fourth it curled back on itself and fell again : reluctantly , sometimes , but always resignedly , as if it knew it was going to fall ; as if it had been striving and falling back again for hundreds of years . |
| 10 | In the future , the time may come when we need that land back again for growing food , but if the top-soil has been damaged by development it will be worse than useless . |
| 11 | They 're back again for next few weeks . |
| 12 | We are to walk the quarter of a mile to the Commons and then back again for some ‘ final remarks ’ . |
| 13 | Now when it had had a general repair on it , there was a little plate put on it and er then i it w it was supposed to go out again for three years . |
| 14 | The red stockings and garters are stored away but you never know — they may soon be out again for another airing . |