Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Miss Harker removed her bonnet , a beautiful item with long blue ribbons , and looked round for somewhere to hang it .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 These began around 1947 and went on for about two years .
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