Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] for [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 He had lost his confidence and was standing off and that made things so much easier for me on that occasion . ’
2 N-not so b-bad for you in that dress . ’
3 She felt even sorrier for him with that stammer when he went up to read the first lesson , and had to announce that it came from the eighth chapter of Deuteronomy , a word which took him four goes .
4 They were too strong for us at this stage , and beat us by nine wickets .
5 Perhaps the Franco-German axis is too strong for us on this issue .
6 It was too much for him after all that business at the stocking factory . ’
7 Garvin was there , Commandant of the Cairo Police and Owen 's nominal superior ; McPhee , Deputy Commandant , earnest , concerned and straightforward — too straightforward by half to be a Cairo policeman and far too straightforward for something like this ; Paul , an aide-de-camp of the Consul-General 's ; and Owen .
8 Sorry , the only one I eh , I eh got this idea was when I first took this up I went into the hut in the town , and I picked up the booklets , you know that they have on the counter , and in one of these booklets it had that the vet 's were now I do n't know what I 'm , I 'm very lost for everything like this , but they 've kept and therefore if your animal needed , your pet needed treatment it would be done by the private vet 's and eh , mon the money would be re would be reclaimed by the vet from the R S P C A , and I think that gave to erm .
9 It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort .
10 It 's too fast for anybody in some circumstances .
11 That is one of the roles of your Association and it is what your membership fees go towards and it is there to be used and they 've done their best so I hope it will come in very useful for you for this year and I wish you a very good year .
12 And it is very stupid for anyone in any position of power to think that what goes around does not come around . ’
13 ‘ The house was getting too big for us as both our children have left home now .
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