Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as one person 's work has been built into the computer , it stays there and goes on working for as long as needed . |
| 2 | The result is that in 1981 the cores and rings together accounted for nearly 9 out of 10 of the British population . |
| 3 | ‘ How can we just throw in a lad who has not played for so long ? |
| 4 | What about Democratic hopeful Paul Tsongas 's lymphoma cancer which has not recurred for over five years ? |
| 5 | A MYSTERY man who has not spoken for almost a week broke his silence yesterday to Darlington police . |
| 6 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |
| 7 | Chrissie is not protected to the same extent because she has not worked for long enough , and there may be grounds for dismissal . |
| 8 | Heat the frankfurters by leaving them to stand in a pan of water that has just boiled for about 5 minutes . |
| 9 | Now , suddenly , in the affluent West , that world has possibly gone for ever . |
| 10 | Among the largest and most fully-studied lake systems , Lake Bonney in the Dry Valleys of South Victoria Land has probably existed for over 100 000 years ( Hendy et al . , |
| 11 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |
| 12 | His wife Jennifer said : ‘ He is finding he can do things he has n't done for so long . |
| 13 | I 've never seen him like this though , I 've never se he has n't shaved for about four days . |
| 14 | One can expand the boundaries , and because it is the sentiment of the people that one should expand the boundaries , it has manifestly worked for nearly two centuries in the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | The secret which Carol has faithfully kept for more than four months was finally out yesterday as Commander Tim Laurence and his bride-to-be allowed her to claim the credit she deserves . |
| 16 | Manufacturing output increased by around 10 per cent , and manufactures now accounted for about 80 per cent of all exports ( compared with about 33 per cent in 1980 ) . |
| 17 | I still believe that even for the most senior colleges , there is value in an external incentive — provided that the Council does not continue for ever its inspectoral function , and becomes instead more of an advisory body in partnership with the colleges . |
| 18 | ‘ Obviously the appearance of the train is important , but a vehicle in public service is bound to deteriorate and a perfect finish does not last for ever , ’ he said . |
| 19 | The point was briefly touched upon again by Lord Denning in Potters-Ballotini Ltd v Weston-Baker [ 1977 ] RPC 202 where he said " although a man must not use such information as a springboard to get a start over others , nevertheless that springboard does not last for ever " . |
| 20 | This flexibility of fate does not last for long . |
| 21 | There was talk of developing a ‘ clean ’ bomb with little fall-out , a chimera at that time , which simply produced a lot of Carbon-14 which does not decay for literally thousands of years . |
| 22 | However , this form of shift does not work for right shift , and we need arithmetic right shift , shown in row ( d ) . |
| 23 | Finally , it should be noted that high U/Pb does not survive for long in the convecting mantle ; otherwise the magnitude of Pb isotopic heterogeneity in basalts would be greatly increased . |
| 24 | That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push . |
| 25 | ‘ The grind may be tough , but it does n't last for ever . |
| 26 | Well it I mean already , it is having quite an im impact erm especially for items like furniture and bedding , and I mean bedding does n't last for ever , especially with a family , and I know erm they 're allowed every so often , but erm I mean I think erm the the cutbacks are becoming more and more and more and and people seem to be which means that we have to look around for voluntary erm agencies that ca such as , who can provide us with furniture or beds and bedding . |
| 27 | So I hope Sony 's marketing department does n't go for too narrow a target audience . |
| 28 | The simple fact that it 's not an adequate form of research does n't count for much in the commercial field . |
| 29 | Even the man in the hood does n't count for much with them . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I 've still got Dad , but he does n't count for much now , poor love , he 's gone a little bit silly . ’ |