Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos he , he , well he said she only lived there for two months . |
| 2 | we only went out for forty minutes , we were surprised how long we 'd been gone |
| 3 | For the first time ever , my pride got the better of me and I desperately looked round for some means of defending myself . |
| 4 | Almost two thirds of the £6.75 billion worth of tax increases already pencilled in for 1994-95 will fall on personal incomes , only a third will be fall on spending . |
| 5 | Then they escorted us to our rooms , where we gratefully made up for lost sleep . |
| 6 | They always came in for more than a little if they had offended him in the past . |
| 7 | The Civilization Society more deliberately went out for bipartisan support and one result was that the six Conservative MPs who belonged to only one antislavery body chose to give their support to it . |
| 8 | HEARTS ' John Robertson yesterday spoke up for all the members of Scotland 's impromptu squad to face Germany when he railed against any suggestion that the side who will tonight take on the world champions at Ibrox is made up of ‘ second class citizens ’ . |
| 9 | The Bank , however , hardly competed vigorously for private accounts before mid century . |
| 10 | But Labour Party councillors also came in for some criticism from delegates . |
| 11 | He also called unsuccessfully for concerted action by the US , USSR , France , and Great Britain , and announced an arms embargo to all belligerents . |
| 12 | ‘ No. 34 is a somewhat old ‘ lifting shop ’ , now used mainly for smaller vehicles . |
| 13 | The contrasts between the synoptic gospels ( Matthew , Mark and Luke ) and the fourth gospel , between the various letters ascribed to Paul , and between Paul 's theology and that of other leaders in the primitive church , all now came in for serious consideration . |
| 14 | He now knew almost for certain that the British were not prepared to find the money . |
| 15 | Under these schemes , which had first been developed in the 1970s as a means of raising capital from the private sector for new development , for example , on office and shopping complexes ( i.e. as a means of avoiding constraints on capital spending ) , council property was sold on a long lease to another agency and then leased back for shorter periods until the long lease expired . |
| 16 | She nodded grave acknowledgement of all my instructions , then disappeared below for five minutes , eventually returning swathed in one of the vast , padded and multi-layered foul-weather coats , and carrying a mug of coffee . |
| 17 | She switched on the shower and tested the water , then looked round for some shampoo to wash the rest of the snarls from her hair . |
| 18 | Boycott and Gooch then batted steadily for three hours before Gooch departed for 83 , after which Gower and Boycott took their team to safety . |
| 19 | He explained that when he used to play the Ravel Trio with his family , they would often remark on the fullness of texture ( particularly in the piano part ) which almost cried out for orchestral treatment . |
| 20 | Some of the corridors were straight , or at least ran straight for many metres . |
| 21 | He drank coffee and brandy , then dived in for another assault , feeling as if the databanks were deliberately obstructing him . |
| 22 | What kind of community has it been , having lived here having had so many years in which you 've actually had I mean ei either lived here for forty years plus erm from many other years you 've actually been working here in addi in addition . |
| 23 | Yet by embarking on these difficult waters we are confronting what religion really is , not a safe cardboard version of it neatly packaged up for general retail . |
| 24 | But it was Beckett who invented bedsit absurdism , and occasionally went in for theatrical fourth-wall busting ( ‘ What is there to keep us here ? ’ |
| 25 | They never went in for small talk ( ‘ Had a nice day at the office , darling ? ’ complete with obligatory peck . |
| 26 | Many said they definitely dressed up for each other , for their friends and themselves , and exploded the myth that women are dressing for men . |