Example sentences of "fully [vb pp] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I spent an hour greeting my guests , making a speech and ensuring the entertainment was fully organised for the evening , while I was trying to make up my mind whether your refusal to put in an appearance was because you cared for me — or because you hated me . ’ |
| 2 | Secure in the knowledge that his mother would be fully occupied for the rest of the evening and the butler would be busy introducing the guests , Patrick pulled off his dressing down and slipped down the back stairs to the kitchen . |
| 3 | ‘ That was different , ’ he told her grandly , and resumed , ‘ While ensuring that my secretary had enough work to keep him fully occupied for the whole of that weekend , and not really expecting you would have any need to contact him , I instructed Lubor Ondrus to give you any assistance you might require should a problem arise . ’ |
| 4 | Meanwhile , a poll of 75 Tory back-benchers in the Sunday Times showed three out of four believed pensioners and poor families should be fully compensated for the cost of the decision to impose VAT on domestic fuel . |
| 5 | The seller can not expect on the one hand to be fully compensated for the sale falling through and on the other to be allowed in addition to retain a deposit already received . |
| 6 | AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Even businesses that are fully prepared for the collapse of EC frontiers might need some help with the details |
| 7 | All the studios sleep 2–3 , have private facilities and terraces and are fully equipped for the self catering gourmet . |
| 8 | ( It had been the practice for the climber to go to the top and give the fox a spin , but in 1984 the committee got cold feet when it found they might not be fully insured for the climber and a separate insurance would cost too much . |
| 9 | Through Lloyd 's broker Steel Burrill Jones , the Baltic is fully insured for the damage , estimated at £80m . |
| 10 | The cause of the plane crash in the outer Hebrides yesterday which killed the ten-man crew of and R A F Shackleton aircraft , may never be fully known for the plane is too old to be fitted with a black box flight recorder . |
| 11 | Does the Prime Minister not remember saying just a year ago on the steps of Downing street that the Conservative party was ’ fully united for the future ’ and is that not patently false now when , in the approach to the vital meeting at Maastricht , the Tory party is in a state of open warfare ? |
| 12 | He was fully dressed for the recording . |