Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The requests have always been turned down usually for financial reasons . |
| 2 | It did n't read like some pick-up place where everyone went off together for topless holidays ; nor did it make it seem as if it was your fault for not having a social life . |
| 3 | She would go off alone for long walks over the cliffs — something she had never done before in winter . |
| 4 | Fletcher is worried that half of England 's winter tour party will be at home for little more than a week before flying off again for pre-season trips with their counties . |
| 5 | The 20-mile chalk stream has dwindled to a trickle , and it dried up altogether for long periods in the past three drought years , after the drilling of six drinking water boreholes by the Thames Water Authority ( now the Thames Water company ) lowered the water table . |
| 6 | I think you deserve the full 40 lashes for sticking up fiercely for liberal values — I 'm always liberal with my whip ! |
| 7 | Clubs and other organisations which are set up purely for sporting purposes can not normally be recognised as charities and would not be able to enjoy the relaxations proposed . |
| 8 | My fear has made me a prisoner in my own home ; I go out only for essential shopping . |
| 9 | Lloyds , Midland and NatWest came in for most criticism overall , while Abbey National , the Co-op Bank , FirstDirect , the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Yorkshire Bank came out best for overall satisfaction . |
| 10 | ‘ These airdrops are being carried out strictly for humanitarian purposes ; no combat aircraft will be used in this operation , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Social class is not the only speaker variable which presents problems of definition and interpretation , but it has been singled out here for detailed discussion for two reasons . |
| 12 | They 've been fighting out there for bloody years . ’ |
| 13 | In the future , the time may come when we need that land back again for growing food , but if the top-soil has been damaged by development it will be worse than useless . |
| 14 | The opportunities for using knowledge to shop around successfully for good-value credit involve both choosing between different types of credit ( bank loan versus H P , say ) and choosing between different terms or arrangements even within the same credit type . |
| 15 | It meant driving up to the London Passport Office a few times and waiting around there for interminable periods , but I hoped that it was going to be worth it . |
| 16 | It came about not for economic reasons but as a consequence of complex political processes . |