Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was chronically frustrated by the city 's killing of time : all those coffees and slow pints , all that hanging about for other people . |
| 2 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 3 | Stay cool with iced drinks this summer and for entertaining look out for this attractive recycled glassware from Montezumas . |
| 4 | It was easier to mine in for two reasons : firstly , if you mined the stone , massive amounts of earth did not have to be shifted before the stone could be got at , and secondly , the men of Swaledale and Wensleydale , many of them experienced lead-miners , had all the knowledge and expertise necessary to dig stone from the mine , and furthermore labour was plentiful because of the decline of the lead industry . |
| 5 | Team organiser , Grove Projects ’ Robin Williams , explains that he would like to hear from players in the London area who would be keen and willing to turn out for regular league and cup matches . |
| 6 | In ‘ Comfort ’ , gear ratios are maintained as high as possible , while in ‘ Special Range ’ it is quicker to kick down for rapid acceleration and remains in a lower ratio until higher engine speeds . |
| 7 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 8 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 9 | This went on for five whole days — |
| 10 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |
| 11 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
| 12 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 13 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
| 14 | This went on for some time . |
| 15 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
| 16 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 17 | Whilst the FADS of old went in for five-man random obscurity and ‘ playing bizarre rhythms as fast as possible ’ , their forthcoming album boasts structure , recurring themes and even the odd polished pop song . |
| 18 | There is no automatic electronic cast on for this double rib so E6000 knitters should follow the above instructions . |
| 19 | There is no electronic cast on for this . |
| 20 | Mr Young said that now the trust had its core holdings , the second tranche of money would be invested more slowly with some held back for new opportunities . |
| 21 | Some struggled against her , but few held out for more than a moment or two . |
| 22 | This type of information used to be held on an IBM mainframe computer , but this closed down for financial reasons . |
| 23 | Though this comes in for constant robust internal criticism and revision , it is more thorough than that of many professional advice and counselling organizations and is increasingly used as a model by other organizations . |
| 24 | This makes up for some of the failings of the pancreas , but it leaves the diabetics reliant on an insulin supply , and unable to fine-tune the level of insulin in the way that a healthy pancreas would . |
| 25 | The long-term aim is to develop a network of groups and individuals who are prepared to speak out for democratic rights . |
| 26 | He cleaned up his act , quit taking uppers and downers with the help of his wife and the Betty Ford Clinic , and now looks set to go on for another 40 years . |
| 27 | I remember once we was called out on the actual called out for actual sighting of s there was supposed to have been some activity over er Bentley so we was all called out and the assembly point was at Tolbertstead 's works in Green Lane and we assembled er in the , at Tolberstead 's and then we was sent out as search groups er from there right across Bentley . |
| 28 | England spinner Peter Such warmed up for next week 's second Test with an impressive spell as Essex put pressure on Lancashire at Old Trafford . |
| 29 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 30 | The slump is likely to go on for another two years . |