Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |
| 2 | They , they said well we can redo it for you , they said we can give you a reduction in it , and he sort of bartered with them , and I think he got , you know , a good couple of hundred pound off just for this little chip in the unit . |
| 3 | She was so happy , she could n't help giving grateful thanks out loud for such a quick answer to her prayer . |
| 4 | Coincidentally , the England squad team up tomorrow for next week 's World Cup qualifier against Turkey . |
| 5 | It shows that something stupid and it just went , spine , and he was sitting on the pavement out there for three or four minutes in agony , |
| 6 | He picked two flats up there for forty five thousand . |
| 7 | ‘ What 's it to you ? ’ drawled Thacker , tilting his head back further for another swig . |
| 8 | Kapil smashed Malcolm over mid-off for six during a 75-ball unbeaten 66 that also included eight fours . |
| 9 | There has to be a demand out there for this kind of thing , everyone is so hip to the idea of ambient music nowadays , and what could be more consummately ambient than a fridge ? |
| 10 | I know we have people round here for actual . |
| 11 | Yeah that 's what I mean , could you put a tourniquet on just for ten minutes to try and get help ? |
| 12 | We had the road up there for some sewer connections and he said that our hazard warning lamps were out . |
| 13 | some proverbs , I ca n't think can you complete these proverbs good book up there for that I do n't know at all , there 's something wrong Ooh this looks really good got look at this book , all the streets it 's got like The House of Commons and The House of Lords |
| 14 | Mounce swilled his whisky round moodily for some time , as if trying to think what to do next . |
| 15 | You ought to get a bonus scheme up just for that . |
| 16 | His team is like Dumbo : no-one seriously believes it can fly all the way back here for next summer 's World Cup finals after losing 2–0 to an American side that chortled with disbelief . |
| 17 | Well I 'm not putting the frying pan on just for two . |
| 18 | and we 've just rung these people up from the Yellow Pages , I mean this does suggest does n't it that there 's quite a f quite a a big market out there for this stuff ? |