Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a basalt flow has cooled sufficiently for some sort of crust to form , one of two possible things can happen . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But so was the man ; he must have come prepared even for this , and there was surely something unnatural in his readiness . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was a remarkable education for all of us , including me , who has lived there for many years . |
| 7 | Friedrich Bremer has waited long for another victim , and is eager to begin . |
| 8 | She has waited patiently for this ending . ’ |
| 9 | Such a mood of concern has existed now for more than a decade and seems to mirror uncertainties of role occurring elsewhere in society . |
| 10 | He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . |
| 11 | I 'd tried hard for many years to get him to stop , in the face of informed professional opinion , but he had always shrugged it off . |
| 12 | Because males and females of this species encounter each other so infrequently , when they do meet they will remain stuck together for several months . |
| 13 | Having looked unsuccessfully for such a bird house , I would like to find the name of a stockist . |
| 14 | The weather is not kind , having rained steadily for most of the week , fully endorsing everyone 's suspicions that the Sennybridge hills conjure up their own unique climate . |
| 15 | It 's such a lovely idea , think of all those people whose battle for life is so depressing , and then just one moment of beauty may come and illuminate the dark corners of their existence , so that they feel they may have lived just for that one thing . |
| 16 | The Khmer Rouge does not want to rock the boat , having waited patiently for more than a decade for the Vietnamese to leave . |
| 17 | He knew that his master must have paid dearly for such a magnificent beast and that he had deliberately chosen a grey stallion to breed more greys from his stock of grey shire-mares . |
| 18 | He was supposed to have asked politely for more heat up on their level . |
| 19 | It was Germany which had pressed hardest for more powers to be granted to the European Parliament at the expense of the national parliaments as the price for monetary union on German terms . |
| 20 | We had pressed hard for these and the Inspector eventually agreed to a series at four different venues . |
| 21 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 22 | Things had gone well for both families over the past few seasons and each farm was thriving . |
| 23 | The lawyer and his clerk had worked together for many years , and knew and understood each other . |
| 24 | They had worked together for several years and the elder of them readily agreed to help supply the other 's son if he went into hiding in the woods above Eastertyre . |
| 25 | Kersey and Wycliffe had worked together for several years and their temperaments complemented each other . |
| 26 | I 've worked hard for this house over the past three years . |
| 27 | I came with my thirteen-year-old son to join my husband who had lived here for many , many years . |
| 28 | In Kufra one policeman ( the senior customs officer ) was a stranger , though he had lived there for some decades ; in Tazarbu nearly all policemen were from one lineage ( Bilal ) , or had married into it ; the senior officer 's son was also in the force , a trainee under his father 's authority . |
| 29 | Mr Fallon said a family renting a house valued at £25,000 , and entitled to the maximum price discount of 40pc because they had lived there for some years , could have a mortgage of £10,000 . |
| 30 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |