Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 2 | I am afraid that he has been far from well for several months . |
| 3 | And have you worked in here for many years ? |
| 4 | Are there refreshments laid on particularly for those governors coming straight from work ? |
| 5 | Probably the basic ideas of democracy — the idea of equal political rights for all ( or at least for all men ) , the idea of a government of the poor or of the people , the idea of turning the traditional social hierarchies upside down — have never been entirely lost sight of among the vast submerged majorities of history . |
| 6 | Nothing came of this particular project , not at least for many years , and Clare continued to enjoy the orchises of Royce Wood undisturbed . |
| 7 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 8 | If , at least for some years afterwards , there was no real war , there was none the less plenty of tension in south-western France . |
| 9 | There must be a return to the death penalty , at least for some categories of murder . . |
| 10 | It is assumed , moreover , that street life ( at least for some participants ) is not just a meaningless activity undertaken simply to fulfil a void of time and purpose . |
| 11 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |
| 12 | This means that , at least for some listeners , a commercial will be heard many times — but these listeners will be few . |
| 13 | Suffice it to say for now that the premises underlying Anisminic are made explicit , at least for those institutions within Lord Diplock 's first category . |
| 14 | This radical change of role for marketing led to a major change of organization structure , at least for those organizations that adopted the marketing concept . |
| 15 | According to every independent account of social therapy since Newman and his followers started out , it often — at least for those clients deemed likely prospects for active party membership — turns out to be something else : a tool for making isolated , distressed individuals totally dependent on Newman and the party for all sense of self-esteem and community . |
| 16 | As in the case of protein profiles , the DNAs of these recombinant viruses revealed no signs of instability , indicating that the triple and quadruple recombinant viruses are stable at least for several passages . |
| 17 | You are much more likely to go for old pine , or oak , tough lacquer or vinyl — at least for several years , but there is no reason why these can not work just as well and create a feeling of their own . |