Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They 're making so much noise I think we could be in danger of being moved on for creating a public disturbance . ’ |
2 | But what a thing to happen so close from home when you 're on for winning the Open ! |
3 | AN Ulster school is considering action against its town 's deputy mayor for saying it should be shut down for teaching a new sex education project . |
4 | She told me off for doing the wrong colour there . |
5 | They require regular trimming to keep the growth thick at the butt ( how often one sees huge , bushy hedges with little greenery and gaping holes near the ground ) and should be allowed to grow up for relaying every ten to fifteen years . |
6 | The world champion may not be worried about the £500 fine handed out for throwing the last game of his bizarre straight-games loss to Jahangir Khan in the final of last month 's Stuttgart Open , but he should be more concerned at the zero computer points assigned him for the Stuttgart tournament , which may enable Jahangir to overtake him in the New Year rankings , plus the fact that any further misdemeanour will probably mean draconian punishment . |
7 | But if you think that money can ever pay me back for losing the little child — who came to the forge — and always the best of friends ! ’ |