Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 2 | A parody and a paradox : it is by their very inertia in the ways of the social laid out for them that the masses go beyond its logic and its limits , and destroy its whole edifice . |
| 3 | I remember once we was called out on the actual called out for actual sighting of s there was supposed to have been some activity over er Bentley so we was all called out and the assembly point was at Tolbertstead 's works in Green Lane and we assembled er in the , at Tolberstead 's and then we was sent out as search groups er from there right across Bentley . |
| 4 | Jasper , her elder brother , had refused from the first to dress up for this party and wore his school jeans and Western shirt , though school had not seen him that day . |
| 5 | After being told that they could n't have children , the Smiths became the first to sign up for the ARC 1990 , which would form part of some long-term cruising . |
| 6 | His returned warranty card was the first drawn out for the month of April under a new scheme to encourage registration of pumps and a faster system of repair as featured in February 's Newsround . |
| 7 | They used to er se , we could n't carry the empty ga , you can imagine that 's not express parcel stuff , but the valves er , would sometimes need er replacing and we would send them a valve and , and while , instead of having any down time , we would give them you know deliver the spare , have the spare come back for repair . |
| 8 | Smith was the latest to go off for examination of foot bruising , Nick Knight substituting briefly in the field . |
| 9 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |