Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A derelict ship turns over on her keel and lies gracefully at rest , but there is only one way up for a Thames barge if she is to maintain her dignity . |
| 2 | But we 're still , we 're still stuck with the problem , if it is a problem , of persistently low turn out for local government elections . |
| 3 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |
| 4 | Instead John Major invites 200 carefully selected friends along for a cosy chat about how rosy the Tory garden is . |
| 5 | Erm well erm I I normally work four days a week but I 'm not working today because we 're having about twenty people around for a buffet supper tonight so I 'm very busy cooking . |
| 6 | Jonathan wo n't use too much power up for his next venture — a four-year course in engineering at the University of Ulster . |
| 7 | I shall never feel the same about cosy coal fires again ; I have heaved too many buckets about for that . |
| 8 | The trouble with this attitude is that there are just too many bands around for that to happen . |
| 9 | Of course , there is some very good help around for women trying to breastfeed — for health visitors , midwives , nurses and breastfeeding counsellors , who you can contact through organisations like the National Childbirth Trust and the La Leche League . |
| 10 | I put my small but suddenly very heavy suitcase down for a rest , and we stood looking at each other . |
| 11 | ‘ The tunnels take up very little space and the workload integrates reasonably well with my other enterprises , ’ he said , ‘ And I still manage the very occasional day off for shooting ! ’ |
| 12 | There is some very cheap stuff about for things like the Fifteen Twelve and Sixteen Forty . |