Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's nice to get four victories on the bounce , but I just hope Christmas has not come too early for us . ’ |
| 2 | Then , at , the news that we 'd all worked so hard for . |
| 3 | It had all gone too deep for crying . |
| 4 | In England obituaries regretted that he had not appeared more regularly for his country , while in Dunedin cricketers could only dream of the great things Jack Crawford might have done for Otago cricket … if only a World War had not interfered with something as important as cricket . |
| 5 | I had not walked so far for years . |
| 6 | She had not spoken so elaborately for some time , and Betty knew the warning signs ; so , whereas with anyone else she would have appealed to their better nature , in this case she held her tongue . |
| 7 | ‘ But I do n't really like swearing , and I 'm sure you 've already sworn quite enough for both of us . |
| 8 | Whereas previously those who had wealth to bequeath typically provided very handsomely for the eldest son , and at a much reduced level for the rest of their children , a practice became common which implied that children had roughly equal claims on a parent 's resources , with some distinction made on grounds of gender so that women and men inherited different kinds of property . |
| 9 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 10 | She only hoped the affair had n't gone too far for those things to cease to matter . |
| 11 | They felt that the help to the poor would benefit the rich — er … sorry ? — and that the Budget had n't done nearly enough for them . |
| 12 | Still — she stood back to view her handiwork with a pleased nod — she had n't done too badly for a total amateur , even if she did say so herself . |
| 13 | She had n't waited long enough for her mother 's reply . |
| 14 | ‘ To look at me , no one would take me for the Miracle-Worker , ’ Gabriel persisted , and he grinned and rubbed his short head of hair which had barely grown long enough for a single curl . |
| 15 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time , ’ he told the ever-comforting Jones , ‘ and shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 17 | Johnston said : ‘ Things have not gone very well for me at Everton and I spoke to the gaffer recently about it . |
| 18 | I HAVE N'T done too badly for a short-***** , bandy-legged Welshman . |
| 19 | Have n't felt so well for years . ’ |