Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter endowed the occasion with an atmosphere of reconciliation : the fact that he and Kate were together somehow made up for Abbotsfield ; there was no longer any need to feel guilty . |
| 2 | Translucent shapes undulated through the jungle , glimmering in the sunlight : the only life the Lucifer System had so far offered up for study . |
| 3 | I 'm not really cut out for adoption . |
| 4 | ‘ He told me he had once nearly gone in for psychiatry . |
| 5 | Erika felt goose-pimples on her arms and the thought crossed her mind that , despite all that had been said to her about courage , perhaps she was n't really cut out for stardom , after all . |
| 6 | The theory was most exhaustively worked out for countries in Latin America , where it swept the board among academics , politicians , bureaucrats and militants for some time under the general rubric of the dependency approach . |
| 7 | and wife visited Sydney en route to Hobart and then also set off for London before flying to New York . |
| 8 | In recent years , it 's been nice to know that I could decide to take my wife Lizzie on Concorde and not have to ask permission from the bank manager , but I 've never really gone in for extravagances — they all add up to too many paper rounds . |