Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hundred thousand soldiers seems to have been the maximum any Hellenistic state was able to gather together for a decisive battle . |
| 2 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 3 | " Collection " covers " a collection got together for a temporary purpose " , but not one " made or exhibited for the purpose of effecting sales or other commercial dealings " . |
| 4 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 5 | College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike and a total ban on flexible working over pay , the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education announced yesterday . |
| 6 | Westwood offers an account of how the structures of gender , ethnicity and class fit together for a specific group of women workers . |
| 7 | Artcare only use quality nylon zips , each of which has been designed especially for a particular portfolio ; and only square arch mechanisms are used making presentation much neater . |
| 8 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
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| 10 | Some of the early structure plans were extraordinarily ambitious in their scope : land use plans promised just for a little while to become all-embracing social , economic and ‘ physical ’ documents , with a further clear relationship to transportation matters . |
| 11 | Spared that sort of indignity , the 22 horses and riders approached individually for a staggered start . |
| 12 | We will continue to work strenuously for a political agreement which is acceptable to all the parties involved in the talks which the Secretary of State has had during the past year with the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland the Government of the Republic of Ireland . |
| 13 | Their manifesto says that the government ‘ will continue to work strenuously for a political solution acceptable to all parties ’ , which is to say for a gravitational system in which apples fall upwards . |
| 14 | She said : ‘ Try and persuade him to come home for a special tea . |
| 15 | Craig Short , booked later for a crude foul on Gray , headed wide from a free kick by Draper . |
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| 17 | When we discuss computer design variations in the ensuing chapters , we will tend to make two assumptions which it is as well to clarify ; first , that each computer is designed independently for a particular application area and to purely technical criteria ; and second , that a computer design is implemented as a fixed set of facilities for all customers . |
| 18 | A good negotiator can make a customer feel satisfied after they have had to work hard for a small discount . |
| 19 | When a particular task requires expatriates to work overseas for a short period of time , it is common for employers to hire people with the necessary skills on short , fixed-term contracts . |
| 20 | There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place . |
| 21 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 22 | If you could qualify either for a reduced pension of your own or a dependant 's addition , the higher of the two would be paid . |
| 23 | I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round . |
| 24 | Yet one more distinction is the conclusion that the Japanese use more unique parts — elements designed specifically for a particular model . |
| 25 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 26 | The visitors continued to search desperately for a late equaliser , but Ipswich dug deep and hung on to book a quarter-final tussle at home to Sheffield Wednesday next month . |
| 27 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 28 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 29 | Pausing only for a brief tongue-twister — she did that very well , Karen , where your tongues circle each other tantalizingly , barely touching — we gave chase along the footpath which runs through the meadows bordering the river . |
| 30 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |