Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A weight loss of only 1 lb ( 0.4 kg ) in the previous week ( less than expected for the effort put in ) . |
| 2 | As Rex was currently at about five on the scale of ten he left Laura to steam gently and made for the cocktail cabinet . |
| 3 | At that moment Mauleverer tottered in and made for the armchair beside the fire . |
| 4 | The 15-acre Herculaneum Dock , two miles from Liverpool city centre , was filled in and reclaimed for the International Garden Festival . |
| 5 | The carts had been washed down and polished for the day 's event . |
| 6 | She rose from her chair at the little antique bureau which stood in the attic window space , bent down and fumbled for the catch of the secret drawer which she had found there . |
| 7 | Jerking the trigger instead of squeezing it with a steady pressure , meant the gun muzzle being pulled slightly down and left for the first shot . |
| 8 | They stood together and posed for the pass , Alleyne relaxed and smiling , a tall , angular man who carried himself with natural elegance . |
| 9 | This was , in fact , still many months of fighting away , but with the loss of the northern territories , the die was all but cast for the Second Republic . |
| 10 | The type is basically as described for the Ayrshire of Scotland and average milk yields are about 5,800kg at 4.4 per cent butterfat ( the Finnish Friesian averages similar yields but only 4.1 per cent butterfat ) . |
| 11 | It might be easier if we all presented a resume of ourselves rather than waited for the questions ! |
| 12 | Problems can also arise with companies with , for example , assets in transit in Italy , which are then seized by local creditors rather than retained for the benefit of the creditors as a whole . |
| 13 | It took much longer than expected for the population to be reduced by deaths , occasional discharges and transfers to new units . |
| 14 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 15 | The operations management data are largely those given by companies in their annual report and accounts , with the difference that they were collected directly from company executives and not as published for the benefit of shareholders . |
| 16 | Eventually a further final , concurrent budget resolution has to be voted on and submitted for the president 's signature , theoretically in time for the beginning of the financial year on 1 October . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State concluded that students were now being more than compensated for the loss of their benefit entitlement . |
| 18 | Profits at Kode International Plc more than doubled for the year to December 31 as a result of acquisition of DCM Services ( CI No 1,988 ) and substantial increase in both turnover and profits at Kam Circuits . |
| 19 | On Nov. 20 , 1989 , the Finance Ministry presented a supplementary budget of IS4,300 million for the 1989-90 financial year , based on estimates that the deficit on government spending had more than doubled for the year , to IS4,100 million . |
| 20 | He called the RAC once more and arranged for the car to be taken to the edge of Brighton . |
| 21 | Next morning , Dot was surprised when Gloria got up early and left for the Housing Applicant Office the same time as she went to school . |
| 22 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 23 | Thérèse sat up and fumbled for the light-switch that dangled from a cord beside the bed . |
| 24 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 25 | Merymose stood up and made for the door . |
| 26 | Claudia stood up and made for the door . |
| 27 | We saw our chance , and hastily we packed up and prepared for the long trek back the way we had come , to the Youth Hostel . |
| 28 | The old drove-roads made their own contribution to the landscape in the wayside inns that grew up to cater specially for drovers in lonely stretches of country , and in the ‘ stances ’ beside them where the cattle were shut up and rested for the night . |
| 29 | This approach is in accordance with s 74(a) , ICTA 1988 , being expenditure ‘ wholly and exclusively laid out or expended for the purposes of the trade , profession or vocation ’ . |
| 30 | In October Rupert at last slipped out and made for the Straits of Gibraltar . |