Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , our own three-centre holidays may not visit a place you want to see , or stay long enough for all you want to do . |
| 2 | Those who came up from the Kinlochleven side may climb Am Bodach with the plan to turn east and do Na Gruagaichean , or carry on westwards for Stob Ban . |
| 3 | It has been said by the courts that there are good reasons of public policy to enforce such time-limits : public programmes ought not to be suspended or held up indefinitely for fear of a challenge at some later date . |
| 4 | I have n't seen the draft guidelines that came out yesterday for the registration of nursing homes but I understand that they do n't actually address these issues . |
| 5 | The RNID runs similar services for the deaf , and in both fields there are large numbers of local and several regional welfare organizations that cater more immediately for the welfare of the blind and deaf of their localities . |
| 6 | I discovered that sitting very still for as long as possible was the first great secret . |
| 7 | The revenues that washed over both for much of the 1980s flowed from the same wellspring . |
| 8 | When she just nodded shyly his hands came to her shoulders , warm , possessive hands that stayed right there for the two visitors to see . |
| 9 | Kitchens that work really well for one , very seldom do for two ( or more ) . |
| 10 | This provides medical , laboratory , and nursing back up for the village outreach programme and deals with health problems of local townspeople . |
| 11 | When we came out of the Clerecia , after dipping hands in the holy water stoup and placing a drop on each other 's brows , as we had seen the novios and novias do ( the boy on entering a church would dip his hand in the water and transfer a drop to his fiancée 's fingertip so that they could cross themselves in unison ) , we would go into La Casa de las Conchas next to the Clerecia , with elaborate wrought-iron window-grilles and its tranquil courtyard , and sit there quietly for a while , thinking of the next poem , or of the one we were working on . |
| 12 | Without a word to anybody , I banged on the door , and asked once again for permission to go and wash . |
| 13 | Bring to the boil , then cover and simmer very slowly for 1–1&hr , until the turkey is tender . |
| 14 | Transfer to a large frying pan with a lid , bring to the boil , then cover and simmer very gently for 4 minutes , turning the fish once . |
| 15 | Cover the pan and simmer very gently for about 20 minutes . |
| 16 | Bring to the boil and simmer very gently for 5 minutes to allow the flavours to develop . |
| 17 | And they came to the palace with all their animals and lived happily together for many years . |
| 18 | He moved to Australia to box professionally , and fought there successfully for ten years until his attempt at the Australian middleweight title in 1890 , when he was defeated by Jim Hall . |
| 19 | A Soviet tank may not be comfortable to ride in compared with a NATO tank , but it is reliable , easy to repair , and built quite deliberately for a particular kind of terrain , support system and warfare . |
| 20 | One of these , due to Wilson ( 1975 : 151 ) , will have to suffice here , and holds not just for truth-conditional semantics but for virtually any semantic theory independent of pragmatics . |
| 21 | Brick was the material developed and used almost universally for permanent buildings , timber for some other structures . |
| 22 | Roughly 60% of the export credits was extended in foreign currency and used almost exclusively for the financing of ships and passenger aircraft . |
| 23 | Stir in the flour , add a tablespoon of the stock and cook very gently for 2–3 minutes . |
| 24 | Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves . |
| 25 | Lost John 's Cave is found very easily by rounding the end of the wall on the right and walking back alongside for 180 yards to a hollow where a small stream enters a black cavity in a low cliff ; a few yards further over a small rise is another less obvious orifice . |
| 26 | They hankered for the bright lights of the capital , so in early 1778 they sold up and headed once again for London . |
| 27 | He left half his breakfast and wandered aimlessly about for an hour or two , listening to the other residents telling one another how awful it was . |
| 28 | He may do it by actually ‘ clobbering ’ somebody , but this would imply a rather drastic escalation of the conflict situation and happens too rarely for everyone in the aggro-leader role to prove themselves . |
| 29 | They did n't notice Farquhar , walking just behind with the hounds , watching them carefully and listening very intently for their half-lost whispers . |
| 30 | This is because humans and dogs rely most on chasing and trapping their prey , whereas cats prefer to lurk in ambush and listen very carefully for the tiniest sound . |