Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the residents , they applied successfully for finance through the Inner Area Programme to establish the Braunstone workshops on the estate . |
| 2 | In any case , Charles Henstock cared little for creature comforts , and had lived there for several years , alone , in appalling conditions of cold and discomfort , until his marriage to Dimity Dean , a few years before , had brought companionship and a slight mitigation of the hardship of his surroundings . |
| 3 | ON TUESDAY , the 27th October , Carlisle Walsingham Pilgrims ' Group met together for Mass in St Bede 's Church at the start of our 39th annual pilgrimage |
| 4 | When the Golden Fish offered this man a reward he asked only for bread , which the creature promptly provided . |
| 5 | I mean they fought valiantly for peace but I , I think that erm the maternity bill I think is what everybody admits that we shall always go down as being noted for . |
| 6 | If it is to be worked on by one person for detailed analysis of the language produced perhaps for research purposes , or to help a teacher note common language problems — then audio alone would be sufficient . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think that his wife cared much for ice cream , ’ said a relative . |
| 8 | This was no surprise : neither of them cared much for Granny . |
| 9 | We clung together for warmth and vowed to love one another more than anyone else for all time . |
| 10 | The second was a law enforcement action brought by the Crown ; he referred in particular to such an action brought under a statute which provided expressly for enforcement of a provision of the statute by civil proceedings by the Crown , which was the position in the Hoffmann-La Roche case [ 1975 ] A.C. 295 where the Crown was proceeding pursuant to a provision of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices ( Inquiry and Control ) Act 1948 . |
| 11 | McLeish joined Catherine in the comfortable modern kitchen where they foraged companionably for coffee and milk , waiting until they heard Jennifer Morgan come down again . |
| 12 | In 1953 the first ‘ short course of two weeks , designed mostly for airline flight safety officers rather than professional investigators , took place and this was particularly well received . |
| 13 | One by one they sauntered out , or clustered together for safety in great rushes : all in theoretical navy and white , but with such imaginative variation in those two colours and where and how placed , and in what fabric , as to make their apparel singularly unalike . |
| 14 | Their bows and spears , used only for hunting and duels of honour , were useless against the armour of the Chaos warriors and the brazen hides of daemons . |
| 15 | Collection of samples must be in perfectly clean glass or plastics bottles , used only for water analysis , and precautions taken to prevent contamination in handling . |
| 16 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 17 | Exotic animals would probably have been rarities in the British arenae and even then used only for exhibition , as they would presumably have been too expensive to have suffered damage . |
| 18 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 19 | Those studies , the minority , performed as part of clinical trials or formal clinical assessments are indicated as such as mentioned only for completeness . |
| 20 | He staggered inside for help , but although staff and later ambulancemen fought to save him , he died later . |
| 21 | If you do not have the luxury of a dining room used just for dining — and most of us do not , the trick is to make your dining table look as if it is not a dining table most of the time . |
| 22 | Across the way in the main hall dominated by Renault and Peugeot/Citroen was Activa II , a big handsome XM coupe built just for show , but thought to be the type of car BMW should have built instead of the 850i . |
| 23 | There is also a Segregation Unit , used both for punishment and to isolate men for their own protection or for other reasons ; a hospital unit , and a hostel from which eleven men can work in the town during the day , returning to the prison each night . |
| 24 | Above the south side of the Honister Pass between Borrowdale and Buttermere are the disused Honister slate quarries , formerly one of the chief sources of Westmorland slate , used extensively for building and roofing . |
| 25 | The second road , built mainly for tourist traffic , opened the way to Annat , Torridon and Kinlochewe . |
| 26 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 27 | Under his control , each mill became a specialist centre for separate parts of the cloth manufacturing process , Millend used mainly for fulling , bleaching and drying . |
| 28 | Thus if a defective toaster catches fire damaging the house and contents , one adds up the value of the damage done ( but not including either the toaster itself or any property used mainly for business purposes , e.g. a word processor ) . |
| 29 | Two types began to emerge : a large ponderous type , used in a draft capacity , for instance , for pulling the butchers ' carts full of meat ; secondly , a smaller , more agile type , used mainly for herding . |
| 30 | It is a low interest bank loan designed exclusively for Home Owners . |