Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food , of course , remains a topic of passionate concern — the focus of minor complaints and disagreements which rumble on for long periods — and outbursts of contentment which are extremely short-lived . |
| 2 | Instead , by sticking inflexibly for instant PR , claiming all the credit for constitutional reform , and continuing to rubbish Labour , Paddy Ashdown did his own party , and the cause of constitutional reform , a disservice . |
| 3 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 4 | The hot water cylinder is , in fact , used as the ‘ heat sink ’ for many solid fuel boiler systems allowing somewhere for excess heat to be dissipated ( sometimes a bathroom towel rail is used for the same purpose ) . |
| 5 | Hunt goes on for two climbers after body is found |
| 6 | The main point is to raise money for Christian Aid , and although preparatory work goes on for many months , the 3 weeks during which the Church is used for sorting , and them selling , seem to bring out all the best feelings . |
| 7 | It also goes on for bloody ages . |
| 8 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 9 | The list of things to be seen goes on for several pages , and most of them have three stars . |
| 10 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 11 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 12 | Over the past few years , they have continued to perform successfully for this club even though they did n't know whether they would end up having their wages paid . |
| 13 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 14 | Immigration laws inherited from the former East German state , which were due to expire on January 1st , are being allowed to carry on for Soviet Jews arriving in Berlin . |
| 15 | You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day . |
| 16 | The fusion reaction has in fact technically been achieved at the Princeton Tokomak fusion test reactor which operated successfully for 50 milliseconds . |
| 17 | Although cylinder manufacturers countered effectively for some decades , first with moulding techniques and later with finer grooves , the overwhelming simplicity of being able to press thousands of copies of disc records and play them on a simple machine eventually told in the disc 's favour . |
| 18 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 19 | We found a neat village south of Peterlee called Elwick , complete with tree-decked , green , Tabatha Twitchet shop and two super pubs , where we lived uneasily for three years . |
| 20 | Well , they 're in detailed discussions , and negotiations are likely to go on for some hours . |
| 21 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
| 22 | Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months . |
| 23 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 24 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 25 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
| 26 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 27 | Just sit down for ten minutes . |
| 28 | Alright , sit down for three minutes . |
| 29 | Just sit down for few minutes , you are probably worth more than you think . |
| 30 | Groups formed in this way tended to remain relatively stable , moving as a whole from one activity to another , although in a few classes they were formed only for specific activities ( generally mathematics ) and disbanded for the rest of the day . |