Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversation is about how to respond to an invitation to " step outside " at a party : the gist of B's turn is that if someone were to ask her to go outside for " fresh air " at a party , she would not want to go outside for fresh air , and would not go . |
| 2 | But Jay did n't want to go home for three , what , four hours to mope over Lucy , alone ? |
| 3 | When I started travelling extensively in trains ( 1966 ) , which tend to go faster for longer than bicycle , car or bus , I could think better . |
| 4 | ‘ I told Glentoran manager Rob Strain that I intend to train hard for three weeks and maybe play a couple of reserve games . |
| 5 | In the winter of 1940–41 a number of public figures contacted by the left-of-centre owner of Picture Post , Edward Hulton , agreed to work together for greater efficiency , vigour and democracy in the prosecution of the war . |
| 6 | When a basalt flow has cooled sufficiently for some sort of crust to form , one of two possible things can happen . |
| 7 | Rozario on the near post Chettle also has come forward for this kick and it goes in towards that near post area where Oldfield takes no chances . |
| 8 | FOOTBALL : PSV Eindhoven coach Bobby Robson has had part of his large intestine removed in an operation and is not expected to work again for some weeks . |
| 9 | Radio 4 's excellent Margaret Howard , who presents Pick of The Week ( and has done so for 17 years ) is in the same boat . |
| 10 | Thus Fairbank developed the interest and skill which led the first Baron Bridges [ q.v. ] to write of him when seventy ‘ No man of our time has done more for good handwriting , whether for the individual or the community , than Alfred Fairbank . ’ |
| 11 | Interestingly , the projected shortfall in the availability of skilled labour has done more for equal opportunity employment than more than a decade of educational programmes . |
| 12 | But so was the man ; he must have come prepared even for this , and there was surely something unnatural in his readiness . |
| 13 | She passed about forty-eight kilometres north of Krakatoa on the evening of the twenty-sixth , spent the night of the twenty-sixth to seventh anchored in Telok Betong , tried to sail again for Anjer in the morning , but was prevented from doing so by the violence of the eruption . |
| 14 | Brian Tustian , who has farmed organically for five years is looking forward to the opportunity of dealing with his customers personally : it gives him a chance to put the case for organic produce himself , and he can cope better with the variable quantity of his supplies at a market . |
| 15 | In the view of one DCSL , some of these teacher-librarians had become demoralised by the " side-effects " of the project — being expected to do more for less , unsupported by adequate free time or clerical help . |
| 16 | The fact was that both young women shared an unspoken anxiety for Fleury 's safety and though Louise had not yet confided her feelings for him to Miriam , she really did not need to do so for these feelings were plain enough already . |
| 17 | Kruger favours pen-based machines because he says they make life easier for the user — all he needs to do is ring the bit of text he wants to file away for future reference , and his computer will store it away on hard disk . |
| 18 | He has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself … by the blood of the eternal covenant . |
| 19 | Statistics also show that while the crime rate has increased regularly for all groups , the rise in female crime has been far steeper than the rise in male crime . |
| 20 | This strategy has worked well for two years , reducing delays suffered by our passengers . |
| 21 | This has happened partly for good political reasons because there was need to demand a more equal society . |
| 22 | People have expected to pay later for much of what they have bought , seeing this as ‘ bills ’ rather than as debts . |
| 23 | ‘ Monday : Producer rings to check OK for one critic to come night before Opening Night . |
| 24 | So , although the Third World gets less for its rubber , tin or copper , it still has to pay more for manufactured goods from the rich world . |
| 25 | But I want to get there for nine . |
| 26 | He has lived here for eight months and knows more about the town than the Neftis , who are infuriatingly vague when it comes to giving directions . |
| 27 | It was a remarkable education for all of us , including me , who has lived there for many years . |
| 28 | Many in the farming industry say the current system has survived well for seventy years and they see little reason for changing it . |
| 29 | Friedrich Bremer has waited long for another victim , and is eager to begin . |
| 30 | She has waited patiently for this ending . ’ |