Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he loses both he will still want to hang on in for the three autumn World Cup games in which England 's fate is still in his own hands . |
| 2 | The Saturday shift always seemed to drag on endlessly for the elderly night watchman and he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends . |
| 3 | By 27 May , though , things had quietened down sufficiently for a daring ( or foolhardy ) party to charter a steamboat from Batavia ( now Djakarta ) and sail out to the islands to see what was going on . |
| 4 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 5 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 6 | Filling in perfectly for the missing men , women filled in the gaps in such important industries as agriculture , to provide food , weapons and munitions manufacturing , and railways and transport . |
| 7 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 8 | Hood : a well-shaped hood which closes down well for a snug fit . |
| 9 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 10 | Er if you want to come on Loot and Lunchtime tomorrow ten to one quarter to oneish listen in then for the qualifying question and you can come on and take on June from Mansfield who 's our reigning champ . |
| 11 | The great Waka Nathan touched down twice for the All Blacks . |
| 12 | The owners of Land 's End are experts at the game and my friend Des Hannigan , who 's been working as a journalist down there for a few years , tells me they spray press releases at the local media with mad abandon . |
| 13 | I mean , these metal strips are down there for the public entertainment license , they were n't gon na give us it because the carpet was lifting . |
| 14 | St Peter walked along silently for a long distance . |
| 15 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 16 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 17 | It 's part of the this way in which the computer can turn information over and over again for a different need . |
| 18 | It 's part of this way in which the computer can turn information over and over again for a different need . |
| 19 | You may throw cells together at random , over and over again for a billion years , and not once will you get a conglomeration that flies or swims or burrows or runs , or does anything , even badly , that could remotely be construed as working to keep itself alive . |
| 20 | Take off cabinet doors : leave them off altogether for an open shelved look ; replace them with new louvred or wooden doors with beading ; replace them with glazed doors , or hang curtains in front of shelves instead ( PVC fabric curtains wo n't pick up dirt so easily but cotton is cheaper and easier to wash ) . |
| 21 | Why do n't you take the car and drive off somewhere for a few days ? |
| 22 | Switch it off now for a few minutes . |
| 23 | If you would like to know more about the people and processes that keep water running for you 24 hours a day , why not send off now for the comprehensive free brochure below . |
| 24 | He set off cheerfully for a final phase in Worcestershire , saying complacently , ‘ I do n't want any bands here when I come back . ’ |
| 25 | FORMER Beirut hostage Brian Keenan and his beautiful blonde wife , Audrey Doyle , set off today for a secret honeymoon destination . |
| 26 | The girls bore me off immediately for a welcoming glass of wine . |
| 27 | After his experiences photographing there , he found it very difficult to continue the rather dull life of a colonial portraitist , and soon set off again for the strange and exotic land of Siam . |
| 28 | Words ca n't describe what it 's like to be all ready for your operation and then be told it 's off again for the third time.It 's beyond a joke . |
| 29 | Yesterday 's match-winning pair up front , Aberdeen 's Booth and Dundee United 's Duncan Ferguson , were lining up together for the first time during the current campaign . |
| 30 | Well I think there were niggling little points in all the quarries , the workforce certainly has n't been happy up in for a long time . |