Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she never finished her explanations of formulae because she used to stop halfway through for the cleverest girls to give the answer . |
| 2 | They include Another Coral , 8lb better off for the seven lengths he was beaten by Tipping Tim in the Mackeson , Martin Pipe 's Milford Quay , the progressive Sacre d'Or and the 1989 Champion Hurdler Beech Road . |
| 3 | ‘ Suddenly , ’ Mr Parker recalled , ‘ he calmly turned to me and said he would not negotiate for Taylor at all , would pretend he knew nothing about him , and would go all out for the other goalkeeper . ’ |
| 4 | The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal . |
| 5 | Buzzing his curving chinaman ( googly ) , appealing alternately softly and urgently , bustling quickly back for the next one , and batting with great vigour ( he hit 166 sixes for his grade club ) , Martin was eventually chosen for NSW in 1956–57 . |
| 6 | Professionals and local authority employees are still moving to jobs in one of the most sought-after parts of Britain , but the blockbuster moves — 600 in the Lloyds retail banking arm into the Bristol area in 1989-91 , and 100 British Aerospace workers into the Plymouth region recently — are probably over for the immediate future . |