Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We thank the Government for relaxing these but this is rather like thanking somebody for refraining from hitting you on the head with a heavy stick , ’ said Brendan Burns , the federation 's Scottish-based UK vice-chairman . |
| 2 | Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation . |
| 3 | As musicians , jazz poets and exponents of hardhitting lyrics there are n't many outfits that come even close to matching them for dynamism or style . |
| 4 | Occam gives extra scope for this because it is a parallel language : one can improve a program not only by reducing the overall amount of calculation , but also by configuring it for the ( possibly parallel ) machine on which it is to be run . |
| 5 | If you used floats on your model during the initial learning period and have since removed them , it would be well worth replacing them for your first circuits . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you regretting making love to me , ’ he grated , ‘ or are you only regretting that you made love to me instead of saving yourself for André ? ’ |
| 7 | Of course he complained when he entered political writing instead of preparing himself for his poem . |
| 8 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 9 | Instead of blaming them for a small error , I praise them for being 99 percent perfect . |
| 10 | The union acted wrongfully in dismissing him for insisting on his legal rights . |
| 11 | When Norwich and Arsenal appeared at Lancaster Gate the FA was concerned not only that neither club had condemned the incident immediately but that Norwich had not given any indication that they were going to punish some of their players , apart from fining them for making comments to newspapers . |
| 12 | Apart from joining us for the evening meal and when she ran short of pesetas , we saw little of her for the rest of the holiday . |