Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leith felt sick to her stomach when Mr Ardis , either not believing that his son had just pounced unencouraged on her , or perhaps covering up for his son 's weaknesses , told her that a month 's severance pay would be sent to her , and dismissed her on the spot . |
| 2 | LIM memory was more or less invented just for use with spreadsheets — the only memory hungry applications of the era . |
| 3 | And is that for children who are living there or just go in for the day ? |
| 4 | So you would feel equally at home there with a group of friends on a night out or just popping in for a quiet drink and a chat . |
| 5 | The volunteer may help the young person with job applications or other form-filling , go to a football match or the cinema with them or just meet up for a chat . |
| 6 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 7 | It might last a minute , an hour or even go on for days and there was nothing Dexter could do to fight it . |
| 8 | There are sites where it is not only possible to visit and see the reconstructions , but also to take part in activities simulating the way people lived on that site in the past , or even to live there for several days to get some sort of impression of the way of life . |
| 9 | PRUDENTIAL has launched a new range of flexible pensions products which can be converted to a free-standing additional voluntary contribution and vice versa , and allow contribution levels to be reduced or even suspended altogether for up to five years . |
| 10 | They were forbidden to preach or even to meet together for prayer . |
| 11 | She would have been locked up in a mental hospital , or alternatively taken off for parapsychological testing and Rachel would have been unforgiving . |
| 12 | It sometimes cures itself , or sometimes goes on for years . |
| 13 | The poor creature had died , probably from neglect , or else pined away for its mistress . |
| 14 | or ( e ) The way in which goods are packed or otherwise got up for the purpose of being supplied . |
| 15 | Buck rabbits on their own seldom or never go in for serious digging . |
| 16 | We started dating and eventually went out for about three years . |
| 17 | Some may have regretted the excursion and eventually turned back for home . |
| 18 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 19 | ( If one refrains from oiling the gear teeth of a grandfather clock , the teeth will not only not collect the dust and so not grind each other away , but also become harder and more polished as times goes on and so last virtually for ever . ) |
| 20 | There was still enough money and enough going on for a ‘ hot ’ property like Nicholson to walk in and begin making fortunes immediately . |
| 21 | For , before another thought could form in her head , he was laying aside their brandy glasses and gently reaching out for her , one arm sliding round her waist . |
| 22 | Knowing what your rights may be worth in money terms will help you not only to decide whether or not to take legal action , if necessary , to recover the sums due to you , but also to assess the reasonableness of any ‘ termination package deal ’ offered to you and generally to plan ahead for the future . |
| 23 | Keith Mills and Mike Timothy took to the water , made waves and generally splashed out for charity when they took part in the BT Swimathon in March . |
| 24 | The society 's charitable project soon got round the underworld , and in January 1773 they had a card hung in Westminster Jail stating that their charity was likely to be imposed upon ‘ by artful and designing villains who cause themselves to be arrested and imprisoned a day before the Society makes a distribution and thus come in for relief designed for the Poor distressed debtors imprisoned for a long time . ‘ |
| 25 | ‘ I usually take no notice and just turn up for work the following day . |
| 26 | Your article on the problems of foreign-owned stockbrokers in Tokyo ( ‘ Gaijin , gaijin , gone ’ , December 22nd ) has caused considerable offence within Barclays and has quite unfairly and incorrectly singled out for attack one of our middle managers , Michael Tomalin . |
| 27 | When the cold engine that was the city had coughed and kicked and finally started up for the day , then she 'd set out about her business . |
| 28 | Whilst a single stimulation of the body surface close to the gill or siphon produces a reflex withdrawal , on repeated stimulation the response habituates ; that is , the response to the repeated stimuli steadily diminishes and finally disappears completely for a while . |
| 29 | With Formgen you will be able to design your form on screen , making changes as you go along to perfect it , and finally print out for copying . |
| 30 | With Formgen you will be able to design your form on screen , making changes as you go along to perfect it , and finally print out for copying . |