Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb base] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a bloody long wait for the copter , I can tell you . |
| 2 | I 've been forced to pay a high enough price for the goods , for heaven 's sake . |
| 3 | He writes : I was now convinced , after the stubborn to-and-fro contest for every foot of ground which had continued throughout the whole of April , that although we had more than once changed our methods of attack , a decisive success at Verdun could only be assured at the price of heavy sacrifices , out of all proportion to the desired gains . |
| 4 | It is centenary year for the New Zealand Rugby Football Union , good enough cause for a three-match series in a week against the Rest of the World . |
| 5 | According to Fitzgerald and Sim ‘ there is not one crisis , rather a whole series , which taken together account for the parlous state of the prisons ’ ( 1992 : 5 ) . |
| 6 | He had felt like beating her up , so it seemed a mild enough rebuke for the trouble she 'd caused him . |
| 7 | The garden at Snowshill Manor is on a small enough scale for a totally organic approach to be feasible , but this is not the case with many of the Trust 's larger gardens where chemicals are still employed . |
| 8 | A few throwbacks Christian , Muslim , rationalist , racist , even Green still call for a ‘ return ’ to their own values , but without an army they wo n't get it . |
| 9 | Black and ivory are the safest colours , but if you must buy red then go for a subtle ruby or deep claret . |