Example sentences of "for [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cher wins the prize for longest run of success . |
| 2 | Memoirs from the twenties , for long consigned to oblivion , began to be used again . |
| 3 | Ideal for just walking round town . |
| 4 | Mortality for once defined by geography . |
| 5 | Sedimentation goes on all the time , for ever moving from place to place , for ever cannibalising itself . |
| 6 | That those eyes which have witnessed the Divine Motherhood should henceforward be for ever lowered in contemplation in an enclosed cloister seems to me entirely fitting . |
| 7 | ‘ It is just , ’ said Hope , looking at Mrs Crump as if she were a particularly testing landscape — perhaps a copse whose colours were for ever changing under sun and scudding clouds — ‘ it is just , ’ he said , ‘ and I am sure , certain , that someone must have told you this — ‘ |
| 8 | Rose Shepherd goes on to argue that a first affair , usually based on attraction , leads to further affairs based on nothing more than boredom , loneliness , resentment , or the need for further boosting of confidence once the first extramarital partner has bowed out . |
| 9 | For example , a plain jacket built on the Scandinavian shape , basically a tube split up centre front , with a slit at each upper side edge for straight cast off edge sleeves , could have woven strip front fastenings . |
| 10 | For though inspired by nature , Monet artfully altered his brushwork to suit the needs of each scene . |
| 11 | The tale of the fall at the last fence by the VA can be told one day , but for now talk of fund-raising , sponsorship , sale of merchandise etc etc by keen , but necessarily overnight , groupings of enthusiasts will only serve to muddy the waters . |
| 12 | For even taking into account my employer 's generous offer to ‘ foot the bill for the gas ’ , the costs of such a trip might still come to a surprising amount considering such matters as accommodation , meals , and any small snacks I might partake of on my way . |
| 13 | There should also be incentives for closer working between primary and secondary services . |
| 14 | Malcolm Kennedy had been jailed at the Old Bailey in September 1991 for allegedly kicking to death his cellmate , Patrick Quinn , at Hammersmith police station in west London early on Christmas Eve , 1990 . |