Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then of course , this was all blown when th the raids stopped for a quite a long time , all these bloody kids came back ! |
| 2 | Prost had come cheap — virtually free for the first year — and Niki had re-signed for a very large sum indeed . |
| 3 | A locum consultant failed to spot the result of her earlier test and arranged for a totally unnecessary exploratory operation . |
| 4 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 5 | The decision … is to be determined by the most worthless votes given for the most worthless candidates " . |
| 6 | The author craves to be forgiven for a very brief self-quotation in illustration of this from a work of his own : |
| 7 | These techniques were developed for the perfectly legitimate ‘ bronzing ’ and ‘ antiquing ’ of patently modern metalwork , but could also be used by the faker with less honest motives . |
| 8 | Our model adjusted for the most obvious of these ( age and smoking ) , but there may be other unidentified factors . |
| 9 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 10 | He 's always fallen for the really pretty ones , she said . |
| 11 | In the most serious corruption scandal to face the government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , the Comptroller-General Guillermo Potoy made public on July 17 a report which accused a former deputy Minister of the Presidency , Antonio Ibarra , of misappropriating US$1,000,000 in foreign aid funds intended for the most disadvantaged sectors . |
| 12 | An assessment framework was developed by the SSCC study team for trial as a preliminary stage of the SMP scheme intended for the very lowest attaining third and fourth year students . |
| 13 | The constable was treated for a badly bruised nose at Broomfield Hospital , Chelmsford . |
| 14 | If the resist is not exposed for a long enough period , it will not develop fully and so some traces will remain on the board . |
| 15 | That was calculated for an infinitely long line charge too . |
| 16 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 17 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 18 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 19 | As Minister of Defence between 1955 and 1957 , Zhukov had vigorously pressed for a less onerous regime of Party supervision and for greater General Staff autonomy in military — technical matters . |
| 20 | I might have wished for a little less detachment in the Rodrigo ( the adagio in particular is rather cool ) , but the Villa-Lobos offerings suit Kraft down to the ground . |
| 21 | Charlie could have wished for a more cloudy night . |
| 22 | My/our home is designed for no more than 4 bedrooms |
| 23 | All other lorries will have to steer clear of streets originally designed for a more traditional form of transport . |
| 24 | Compressors in heat pumps need to give high efficiency over a wide range of operating temperatures , but those developed for refrigeration tend to be designed for a comparatively narrow range . |
| 25 | And Clara saw that Mrs Hanney 's ignominy was complete , for this programme , the name of which her mother so evidently did not forget , was considered by her mother to be the very lowest form of entertainment available , designed for the exceptionally stupid and depraved . |
| 26 | Shop bought cosmetics tend to be designed for the more common skin types and colourings — specialist cosmetics are difficult to find , and if they do exist , are usually expensive . |
| 27 | examine other aids to mobility ( e.g. special compasses designed for the visually impaired ) . |
| 28 | Terry Empson , director-general of the Historic Housing Association , said Althorp was not only virtually impossible to value but almost certainly unsaleable : ‘ Nobody in their right minds would want a ducal palace designed for an entirely different age . |
| 29 | Then , while under contract to both RKO and David O Selznick , he was cast by director William Wellman as a tough army captain in The Story of GI Joe ( 1945 ) , for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar . |
| 30 | But then he had already had enough to keep him and many others occupied for a very long time . |