Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] 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 | James Thomas Knowles senior and his son James Thomas Knowles junior entered separately for all parts of the competition with designs in an eclectic manner . |
| 3 | • Hundreds of original , flavour-tested recipes , each created especially for this series . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Stay cool with iced drinks this summer and for entertaining look out for this attractive recycled glassware from Montezumas . |
| 6 | However in Britain it seems extremely unlikely that the courts will adopt a similar approach especially given the legislature 's prior decision in the CSA 1985 to opt only for criminal measures . |
| 7 | This applies both for single-record positions and for buckets that are only part of a track in size . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This worked well for two reasons in my opinion : |
| 10 | This worked well for those in the A stream but not so well for those in the B stream , and badly for those in the C stream , who got discouraged . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 14 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 15 | This went on for five whole days — |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
| 20 | This went on for some time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Certainly there is a need for education , but facilities for this exist already for those general practitioners who are minded to avail themselves of the opportunities . |
| 25 | Two recent surveys clearly show that many shoppers are willing to pay more for organic food . |
| 26 | There is no automatic electronic cast on for this double rib so E6000 knitters should follow the above instructions . |
| 27 | There is no electronic cast on for this . |
| 28 | Although this lasted only for three monthly issues , it was an early indication of Knowles 's journalistic instincts . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Some struggled against her , but few held out for more than a moment or two . |