Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Verbal presentations often fail because the speaker tries to cram too much into too short a time , or goes on for far too long . |
| 2 | Losses incurred by sole traders or partnerships can be set against other income in that fiscal year , or carried back for up to three fiscal years depending on the circumstances . |
| 3 | But , on the other hand , this perspective produces global strategies which have little purchase on concrete instances , and tend to assume instead the burden of a messianic project in which the enemy is supposedly being smashed , crushed , or stamped out for ever . |
| 4 | In those days , scarlet fever victims had to go to the Isolation Hospital just outside the town , and remain there for about six weeks , until all the affected skin had peeled off . |
| 5 | Bring to the boil , then lower the heat and simmer gently for about 1½ hours . |
| 6 | Dunedin House was built by the surgeon J. S. Land in the mid 19th century , and lived in for over 50 years this century by the late Dr Cripps , Medical Officer of Health for the Holderness area . |
| 7 | He ended up in Nairobi and lived there for quite a long time . |
| 8 | Meanwhile in another pan , melt 50g ( 2oz ) butter and whisk in the flour and cook gently for approx 30 secs . |
| 9 | Add the lamb and cook quickly for about 3 minutes , turning frequently , until evenly browned . |
| 10 | The couple she had met as the Corduroys , Ken and Louise , were holding plates and looking round for somewhere to sit . |
| 11 | Tom , meanwhile , has binned the thigh-slapping choreography that made him look like an excited primate and opted instead for more engaging shapes akin to those thrown by a boxing kangaroo . |
| 12 | The ascent was arduous and prolonged , twisting and turning upwards for more than twelve kilometres to the pass , almost a thousand metres high . |
| 13 | Take particular care when entering or leaving the tracks , and watch out for both pedestrians and traffic . |
| 14 | And watch out for cunningly disguised snipers . |
| 15 | This competing to be noticed and admired only for how you look is treated and encouraged as normal behaviour in girls . |
| 16 | To fill the vacant position , Sir Henry , still nursing ambitions for the club he had guided and invested in for so long , wanted no one else but the outstandingly successful manager of Huddersfield Town . |
| 17 | Miss Harker removed her bonnet , a beautiful item with long blue ribbons , and looked round for somewhere to hang it . |
| 18 | In nature these fish only come together to reproduce , and stay together for as long as is necessary to raise young . |
| 19 | I 'd go to Tenerife and stay there for ever . |
| 20 | He never realised , on that eventful day , that she would ‘ come into my arms ’ ( as he put it ) and stay there for so many years , adding in no small degree to the legends of love which keep the world sane and hopeful . |
| 21 | The applause that greeted them was like a thunder clap and went on for so long that the Girls could not hear the music and had to count under their breath to synchronize their kicks . |
| 22 | Broadly speaking , sound was good but Mr Ponor felt the sound of the carriage at the beginning was a little distracting and went on for too long . |
| 23 | These began around 1947 and went on for about two years . |
| 24 | Follow rough road to tarmac road , turn right onto it for 400yds to Cold Harbour and turn left for about half a mile until you reach the B3311 . |
| 25 | We pay for people to go and live in for ever . |
| 26 | And then the old keeper used to come round and see that we were all right and they 'd be there till the following day and carry on for about three or four weeks you see . |
| 27 | Apply , comb through , put on a plastic bath cap to keep in the heat and leave on for about 20–30 minutes . |
| 28 | After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man . |
| 29 | Martha mopped and scraped away for almost half an hour , long after Tilda had lost interest . |
| 30 | People have lived and worked here for about 1000 years . |