Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're you 're all right for a hair brush then are you ? |
| 2 | It 's all right for a man ; men are used to smutty books and vulgar jokes — women do n't go for things like that . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd also got an injunction against him because he became violent , and that was all right for a bit . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm all right for a couple of minutes . ’ |
| 5 | The wheels would be all right for a couple of days ; then they 'd become ten times worse and they 'd have to come to the smithy . |
| 6 | The Stage Manager would give him the line , he 'd be all right for a couple more sentences , then , ‘ Sorry , it 's gone again . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I thought he was all right for a millionaire . |
| 8 | That would not be all right for a priest . |
| 9 | ‘ All right for a start . |
| 10 | I would have been killing myself laughing if the team were n't battling away so furiously for a winner and the whole place going mad . |
| 11 | A quick , sharp beverage that hits you in the throat and then in the guts ; that changes , perhaps only for a time , your way of seeing the world ? |
| 12 | So he was only in for a couple of days then ? |
| 13 | Nearly long enough for a dress in n it ? |
| 14 | And now he was insinuating that she would be extending her stay long enough for a tour of the whole country ! |
| 15 | We were doubtful as to whether Owen would lie still long enough for a back massage , but he surprised us by putting up with it for about ten minutes . |
| 16 | Fortunately , they decided they could bear each other 's company long enough for a farewell tour , starting next month , and also a valedictory album . |
| 17 | So much for a tradition whose origins may be traced back to early classical times ! |
| 18 | So much for a weekend break on Alpha Centauri ! |
| 19 | Part of the reason why the shareholders had to wait so long for a return was that the original capital had been only 10,000 guineas , and the Company financed itself by fairly short-term loans from the merchants with which it did business , so the shareholders stood at the end of a long line of creditors but could expect substantial returns on their money in the end if the Company survived . |
| 20 | The only real surprise about Danny Rampling 's fine debut single ‘ I Hate Hate ’ is that it 's taken so long for a DJ of his reputation to commit himself to vinyl . |
| 21 | John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive |
| 22 | He had himself witnessed the ‘ dissidence of dissent ’ as a child : his father , a stonemason in Hexham , left the local Congregational chapel when the new minister turned out to be an Arminian , and migrated , somewhat illogically for a Calvinist , to the local Wesleyan chapel . |
| 23 | He felt only sorry for him and sure that , if they could stay alone together for a while , Fiver would come round to an easier state of mind . |
| 24 | Perhaps just for a while to tide you over a particularly bad crop of bills . |
| 25 | really very interesting but perhaps just for a start it might |
| 26 | What has happened to this Henry , since he landed at Ravenspur and struck out so baldly for a crown ? ’ |
| 27 | THE GIRL whom doctors feared would never play golf again battled fiercely to-day for a place in the last eight of golf 's Lancome ( Irish ) Ladies ' championship . |
| 28 | Thus we might expect the instrument not to be sufficiently sensitive for these conditions and so not for a growth room . |
| 29 | Finding decent practice facilities was a constant headache , leading to some crazy situations ; in St Vincent , for example , Ken Barrington , the assistant manager , hunted all over for a place for Boycott to practise , and eventually found a piece of flat ground near the airport which had ducks waddling around and a donkey at long leg . |
| 30 | Those who are newly bereaved and naturally dread the loneliness of returning to an empty house should be visited frequently in their own homes ; and when you are able to persuade them to get out of their own four walls as much as possible for fresh air and exercise and to meet others and visit relatives , it can be a considerable help if you can bring them home and go in with them for a cup of tea or a chat , even if it is only just for a quarter of an hour . |