Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can now be seen at Scotland 's only Thai restaurant , Buntom 's in Nelson Street , the proprietors having given most generously for it to the cause . |
| 2 | He found that positive feedback was predictably given most often for accuracy and quantity of reading . |
| 3 | He had taken his sister to town that morning , to Miss Baker 's and Miss Adeane 's where all the gossip would be flowing free and strong , and bought her a new hat and gloves and a flask of the perfume Miss Adeane kept hidden discreetly away for customers who wished it to he believed that they smelled naturally of lavender or roses . |
| 4 | He wanted to say her name but he could not remember it ; he wanted to engage in the physical endearments and gentleness he so much prided himself on bestowing and was received so gratefully for so doing , but this lean , hard-bodied girl would have none of it . |
| 5 | His pupils were developing minds of their own , behaving out of character , no longer the dull but devoted group of enthusiasts he had taught so constructively for six months . |
| 6 | Two dates have been arranged so far for climbers who wish to obtain a pass to Range West . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's the worst reason you 've given so far for marrying Mr Edgar , ’ I replied , shocked . |
| 8 | A master might also hit you with a pencil box on the buttocks , if you had n't learnt your " verbs " and I was once shaken so violently for crossing out a word in my exercise book when I had been told not to , that I nearly fell down with giddiness . |
| 9 | The younger people had departed long ago for war work or service in the armed forces . |
| 10 | Sally went , relieved at not having had her love bite spotted but filled with indignation at having been blamed so unjustly for the Gran Bristow episode . |
| 11 | The harbour was crammed with the great prahus which we had come so far for , but our attempts to communicate with the captains and crewmen were discouraging . |
| 12 | We know , do n't we , that Lamb has n't been fined so heavily for breaching a harsh contract . |
| 13 | If it does not , and Darlington 's reputation is sullied once more for personal publicity then I for one know where to lay the blame . |
| 14 | The symptoms reported more frequently for those in residential homes are shown in Table 3 . |
| 15 | Only one symptom , a persistent cough , was reported more often for those who had not been in a residential home — 24 per cent compared with 10 per cent of those who had spent some time in such a home . |
| 16 | For instance , observer bias would have occurred in our study if the endoscopist has looked more intensely for a hiatal hernia after noting that oesophagitis was present . |
| 17 | Now we can only hope that things are resolved quickly enough for the developments to be finished in time for the 1994 Open . ’ |
| 18 | However , despite the small class and the specialist attention he was still considered far behind for a 7 year old . |
| 19 | Far from voting for ungovernability , the French , Italians , and Germans have voted very clearly for government , but of a different kind from that on offer since 1945 . |
| 20 | The clamorous bells had come too soon for both of them . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's nice to get four victories on the bounce , but I just hope Christmas has not come too early for us . ’ |
| 22 | The crisis has come too quickly for the company , which only this morning was due to launch a new truck . |
| 23 | It seems that in his habit of making films that are considered too long for the US cinema circuits , Cameron may have unwittingly provided film companies with a money-spinning way of making people pay to see the same movie twice . |
| 24 | Henceforth unions could be fined very heavily for conducting what were deemed to be unlawful strikes : several of them were to suffer accordingly , starting with the National Graphical Association . |
| 25 | Brazier 's history of the EEG can not be recommended too highly for readers wishing to read a full and authoritative account of the early days . |
| 26 | ‘ Seems she 's done right well for herself , ’ Mrs Appleby commented . |
| 27 | Long after the profiteroles had been sauced , tables were moved deftly aside for a short but gripping , and sometimes funny , obedience display by one man , one woman and both their dogs before the breeds came out and strutted for their admirers . |
| 28 | It was certainly done most effectively for one culture some years ago when Romeo and Juliet were transposed into the idiom of youth group clash in modern New York in West Side Story ( p. 95 ) . |
| 29 | Perhaps some countries were exploited rather more for their natural resources and others for their cheap labour , but they all fitted in to a global pattern in which the capitalist-imperialist centre underdeveloped the rest of the world . |
| 30 | It was said loud enough for Therese to hear and he had the satisfaction of seeing a slight flush creep over her face . |