Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 2 | Inside FI , it was known that Emerson could have gone on driving for a major team and many thought it a pity that he had not stuck to doing what he knew best . |
| 3 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 4 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 5 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 6 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 7 | Now I 'm not I 'm asking is whether its shareholders could write in to apply for a concessionary ticket to Alton Towers and get a reduced price if they so wish . |
| 8 | MI6 , Scotland Yard and the FBI had been called in to hunt for the shadowy Surrey-born spy . |
| 9 | A bumpy ride : Major flies in to fight for a key marginal . |
| 10 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 11 | After another couple of hymns and an anthem , they go down to prepare for the next service . |
| 12 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 13 | To answer this they brought the sodium iodide detector over to look for the tell-tale gamma rays . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ We do n't judge our progress by the results we achieve , rather by the number of players who eventually go on to play for the full Ulster side . |
| 15 | Are we better off searching for the hidden opportunities or spotting the obvious ones early enough ? |
| 16 | This may have brought comfort to some but statistically it was as risky as playing Russian roulette , and I laid off smoking for the next seven years . |
| 17 | With food around , surfaces should bc as practical as possible : choose flooring which will not show crumbs and can be mopped up easily ; sideboards should bc provided with protective covers if they are not heatproof ; traditional polished tables might look good , but with children around , you may be better off going for a heatproof , scrubbable surface which can be wiped over quickly ; upholstery should be washable ; wallpaper need not be as tough as the vinyl-coated varieties . |
| 18 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 19 | Gary is now leading the series with three rounds to go … this week he 's off to race for the European Championship in Holland … |
| 20 | He then rushed off to prepare for the main service of the morning as the Minster bells began to ring out . |
| 21 | In time , Keating shuffled off to spectate for a rival weekly but , as a kindly man , he offered encouragement to his successor . |
| 22 | These ideas proposed that the tail was asymmetrical , with a larger lower lobe and , when in use , tended to drive the head up to compensate for a heavy head shield and a lack of paired fins . |
| 23 | John phoned him up looking for a bass player and Cliff gave him my number . |
| 24 | Local people , who never wanted the event to be held are angry that they could end up paying for the three-day police operation . |
| 25 | High red serpents swayed up to hang for a lingering minute and fade ; busy green heads with white tails thrashed hither and thither and then dived to death . |
| 26 | The band was called Touching Home and we got a lot of church functions and ended up playing for the American community there . ’ |
| 27 | The building society grapevine is buzzing with rumours of foreign predators queuing up to bid for a large British society . |
| 28 | Rabobank NV and Amsterdam-based Getronics NV have teamed up to bid for the second Dutch Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular licence . |
| 29 | and new manager John Gorman could't have dreamt up wished for a better start … |
| 30 | Around the harbour , fishermen 's tavernas still jostle side by side with the newer cafés and bars which have sprung up to cater for the younger market , and the main daytime activity seems to be relaxing over a quiet glass of something while watching the boats chug in and out . |