Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after the second programme Yorkshire Television installed block heaters throughout the house in lieu of a fee , so Low Birk Hatt was heated properly for the very first time . |
| 2 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 3 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 5 | Dirk Coetzee did n't have to wait long for a really big job . |
| 6 | In true pilgrim tradition we prayed and did penance together and we also took our recreation together and we also took our recreation together and so on Wednesday evening we met together for a very happy celebration . |
| 7 | Since the disease is heterosexually transmitted in Africa , the group which has come in for the most blame for its rapid spread have been the many poor women who have been supporting themselves in Nairobi through commercial sex . |
| 8 | And already in similiar circumstances in France last summer he had been presented with the kind of opportunity to prove himself that many young pianists must dream of in vain : he was called on , again at very short notice , to stand in for the even more illustrious Sviatoslav Richter at Richter 's own festival at the Grange Meslay near Tours . |
| 9 | A group of 25 communicators , sociologists and people from the religious communities of North America and Asia have agreed on specific plans to work together for a more just global communication environment . |
| 10 | There were only thirty visitors over the weekend Only one signing up for an organically grown allotment.It seems the message has n't yet taken root with the general public . |
| 11 | Operating schedules inevitably put pressure on aircraft down time and because aircraft manufacturers are operating to maximum capacity producing new aircraft , spare parts may also become difficult to obtain particularly for the more mature aircraft types . |
| 12 | In so far as the fear of relativism is of it becoming even for the most aware a matter of taste whether one is selfish or unselfish , compassionate or cruel , the fear is misplaced . |
| 13 | The reason is that foreign companies want to come here for a highly trained and highly motivated work force who work for good British companies . |
| 14 | There is also disagreement on the method that should be used for frost testing , with the British representatives pressing hard for the most rigorous system . |
| 15 | You are a turkey — ’ she cast about for an even worse insult , ‘ a puritan ! ’ |
| 16 | In endeavouring to meet this need numerous problems are encountered , notably how to find enough money to provide adequately for the increasingly large proportion of the population who are in retirement , and therefore by and large non-productive , and how to define ‘ adequate ’ in this context . |
| 17 | What you yo were trying to achieve is the expansion of the built up area towards the ring road , and thereby having built development hard up er as it is at the moment the ring road goes through for the most part open countryside on either side of it . |
| 18 | Would it not be a good idea if the airlines , when checking in passengers in those countries from which large quantities of drugs come to this country , were to hand each passenger a paper in his or her own language clearly explaining that if they bring drugs into the United Kingdom they are likely to be caught and , if they are caught , they are likely to go away for a very long time indeed ? |
| 19 | Secondly , the championship itself was especially rich in first-class drivers : Ferrari , his chief rivals , had Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni as its main drivers ( with Reutemann filling in for the grievously injured Lauda at Monza ) , and Lauda , far more than Hunt , was at the very peak of his form , the peak of Lauda 's form being , together with Alain Prost 's , the summit of racing artistry . |
| 20 | In modern English , moral and mental conditions are spoken of in more or less abstract terms ( anger , suspicion , forcefulness and so on ) cut off for the most part , from their etymological roots … |
| 21 | Braving storms and great creatures of the deep including the whale shark , they sailed hopefully for the most romantic of destinations , a coral island , and succeeded . |
| 22 | TELEVISION viewers in the south may soon be seeing advertisements for undertakers , as funeral directors gear up for an increasingly competitive and high-profile market . |
| 23 | The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic . |
| 24 | But , in spite of the Royal Navy , Jones , after a voyage to be described later , sailed safely back to France , where his reception more than made up for the much cooler one he had received after his ‘ Whitehaven ’ cruise 18 months before . |
| 25 | Er Brian has already confirmed that er he will support the Conservative resolution which in effect recognises that some of the changes in government regulation over the past er decade has not always turned out for the best er this County in particular order er other asked the Secretary of State to re to relieve some of the pressures that generates in that area and it 's for that reason er |
| 26 | Franco , however , instinctively rejected the risks involved in an audacious operation and opted instead for the less ambitious objective of driving a wedge between the city and its northern line of defence , in the Guadarrama mountains , by severing the road and rail communications north-westwards out of the city , towards La Coruña . |
| 27 | The expense of necessary heating and drying is not only considerable , but is ultimately hopeless — it is not a tax which in any way augments a person 's living standards , but , like protection money , merely staves off for a little longer an absolute loss . |
| 28 | Well I suppose it 's not far to go home for a well it 'd be nice if we saw somewhere that was nice . |
| 29 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 30 | Female animals were used only for the less significant peace-offerings when animals of either sex could be sacrificed ( Lev . |