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Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	It had been raining heavily — and it was to go on raining heavily for another nine days .
2	In the early 19th Century many yards were associated with a particular guild or craft with weavers , fullers , dyers , etc. gathering together for their convenience .
3	The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap .
4	The policies of the Ministry of Finance were widely blamed both for peasant misery and for the threat to social stability which it entailed .
5	Moxon was eventually caught behind for 80 off Allan Warner .
6	It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap .
7	I understand the definition of a bar is somewhere used principally for the consumption of alcoholic beverages .
8	A great many people seemed to be crowding in , presumably returning home for their Saturday half day .
9	Such ensembles were not merely gathered together for the occasional ballet ; there were , in fact , three standing oboe bands at court , or , more accurately , three ensembles whose members played the oboe much of the time .
10	Yet the world we live in cries out for more critical and creative solutions to many , pressing problems .
11	The expense of necessary heating and drying is not only considerable , but is ultimately hopeless — it is not a tax which in any way augments a person 's living standards , but , like protection money , merely staves off for a little longer an absolute loss .
12	The new puppy is very timid with strangers but now she is old enough to go out for walks , we have found she is growling at other dogs .
13	Then another gap , just six months , before he got a barmaid from Ipswich who 'd been visiting her granny and was daft enough to wait alone for the late bus .
14	The remainder comes mostly from the countries around the Mediterranean , but what the original almond growers lack in quantity they apparently make up for in quality .
15	Atlanta , Georgia , the expo site , will apparently be all dolled up for the festivities with billboards , local advertising , the works .
16	Atlanta , Georgia , the show site , will apparently be all dolled up for the festivities with billboards , local advertising , the works .
17	‘ Supposing she slipped out during the afternoon , perhaps to go home for something she 'd forgotten ? ’
18	B : You 'd better make straight for the bank , otherwise you 'll be too late .
19	Oh you only got up for a coffee ?
20	Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there .
21	I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ?
22	Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’
23	You only lived here for a couple of years . ’
24	‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’
25	Cos he , he , well he said she only lived there for two months .
26	The drawback is that your expert driver from the London Limousine Company ( SE1 ) only turns up for a minimum of eight hours — a standard feature of chauffeur hire .
27	Anil Kumble took four of the seven wickets to fall today and England could only quibble with one of them — when Graeme Hick looked to have been wrongly given out for 47 , caught off bat-and-pad at short leg .
28	Luckily Mike Farquharson who had only come offshore for two days and ended up staying a week , volunteered to cover until my colleague Jim Gibb arrived . ’
29	He could only wait patiently for her to draw closer once more .
30	Such is the experience of most of us when we go to bed late : we might sleep slightly later than usual but rarely long enough to compensate completely for the late night .