Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back the maid went , only to reappear shaking her head sorrowfully and saying this headache was so very bad as to quite incapacitate the invalid and render her unfit even for Wilson . |
| 2 | Hess did not have a normal christening for Wolf Rudiger , the Fuhrer does not think them good enough for Nazis . |
| 3 | Yeah she 's sewing them all up for Friday ! |
| 4 | Nigel invited them all in for food and drink and listened spellbound to feats of derring-do , asking endless questions and reminding me slightly of the painting The Boyhood of Raleigh . |
| 5 | Are we all up for dinner then tonight ? |
| 6 | The easy cut of this trouser suit makes it comfortable enough for office or weekend wear . |
| 7 | Benny soaked it all up for Eve . |
| 8 | He 's got to go on for another ten lines , piling on more and more out of the way references to classical paradises so that he can give it all away for God . |
| 9 | Since winning their independence in 1949 the government , based in Java , has sought to control its vast domain partly by making it difficult even for Indonesians to travel freely throughout their own country . |
| 10 | With every evidence of cordiality and goodwill , she invited them both round for supper the following evening . |
| 11 | She had been intending for days to make a start on clearing out the cloakroom ; now was the moment — she would make a preliminary survey , set aside what should be kept , see if there was anything good enough for Oxfam . |
| 12 | In Paris , Sally would insist , she 'd starve , and Walt used to claim that he 'd never be able to write anything good enough for acceptance by a commercial publisher . |
| 13 | Sure I d I mean the day he took us , took us all out for dinner |