Example sentences of "[adv] for [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pastoral work of the church can not be done without adequate financial support and I am afraid the support we are getting at the moment is simply not enough for all we are doing . ’ |
| 2 | For instance , our own three-centre holidays may not visit a place you want to see , or stay long enough for all you want to do . |
| 3 | Turning to face Ellie , she smiled , said , ‘ I ca n't thank you enough for all you 've done … ’ and only then seemed to realise that Ellie herself was n't all dressed up . |
| 4 | Even at 70 , the energetic Mr Chance can not do enough for those he feels have been restricted in their activities and their education and have little or no chance of mixing with the community . |
| 5 | No , I 'm just trying to work out how long I 'm gon na be practising for West Side Story tomorrow because you might have to take my money my pocket money tomorrow I might not be able to get like home , sort of cos er I I might be practising till bloody six o'clock for all I know so I 'll get some chips or something . |
| 6 | This is the challenge of real democracy ; it 's very simple to espouse freedom of expression only for those you agree with . |
| 7 | It had , whatever way , and all night long for all she knew , to amount to a pretty penny . |
| 8 | No one had investigated inner-city language in this way before , so for all we knew there might have been no significant differences at all , and we were told by at least one colleague — not very encouragingly — that ‘ Broad Belfast ’ dialect was all very much the same . |
| 9 | So for all you Seles fans , let's just get this sorted out once and for all . |
| 10 | So for all you prospective parents out there help may be at hand in around two years time . |
| 11 | So for some it 's been a blessing . |
| 12 | This was the weekly practice night for the bell-ringers at All Saints Church , High Wycombe , and Patricia Newton 's team was ringing away for all it was worth . |
| 13 | Armed with a limited amount of fire-and-forget homing missiles and a machine gun that 's about as much use as Robert Maxwell 's swimming instructor , you need to blast away for all you 're worth to beat the ridiculously short time limit . |
| 14 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |
| 15 | In another age Preston would have been out there with the self-flagellants , scourging away for all he was worth . |
| 16 | Breeze talked away for all she was worth as she cut bread-and-butter in the draughty old kitchen , but she knew that her sister was n't really listening . |
| 17 | Just for that you can start again , from the moment you climbed up the mooring rope . ’ |
| 18 | I reckon just for this it 'll cost you about eighteen quid . |
| 19 | Do n't I mean do n't , do n't buy it just for this it 's just that if you had it handy |
| 20 | ’ I just want to congratulate and thank everyone in this room tonight for all they have done to bring this moment to reality . ’ |
| 21 | Maybe not , she might fucking chuck me in tonight for all I know , I do n't know . |
| 22 | While this took different forms for the Asian and white women involved , nonetheless for all it was the only real economic option . |
| 23 | Once for all we offer Viscount Palmerston and Sir Benjamin Hall our sincere and hearty acknowledgements for the comprehensive manner in which this large question has been dealt with . |
| 24 | ‘ Good-evening , ’ he called , smiling invisibly for all he was worth . |
| 25 | He already looked upon her as little more than a juvenile delinquent ; now for sure she 'd get the full force of his anger . |
| 26 | If it has happened in the past , it can happen in the future , and may be occurring now for all we know . |
| 27 | Surely he could tell she was acting now for all she was worth ? |
| 28 | And finally , some good news now for all you Morse fans . |
| 29 | It might be a hundred years from now for all I know . ’ |
| 30 | I can imagine them doing it now for all it 's worth . |