Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her husband and colleague Dr E.A. Maury writes , ‘ She continues to show the way for those who have been willing to recognise her and will long do so for those who seek a new orientation for their moral and physical well-being ’ . |
| 2 | Luke stayed away for two weeks , during which time Maria had convinced herself that she was unlikely ever to see him again without actively seeking him out , so she could only stare incredulously for several seconds when she opened her apartment door in response to the bell 's summons early on a Friday evening and found him standing there . |
| 3 | ‘ I think we had better go inside for some explanations , ’ he said with a sigh . |
| 4 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 5 | ‘ All Mr Fallon 's splutterings will not make up for those people who are on record waiting lists in Darlington . |
| 6 | The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap . |
| 7 | It was obviously made to stand up with its foot on something which at first I could not make out for all the dust and dirt but eventually realised was a skull . |
| 8 | We can predict statistically how the atoms and photons will behave , but we can not predict accurately for each one of them — and , afterwards , we can not tell how each of them has behaved unless we look . |
| 9 | Even at 70 , the energetic Mr Chance can not do enough for those he feels have been restricted in their activities and their education and have little or no chance of mixing with the community . |
| 10 | In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money . |
| 11 | Fears of militancy resulting from unemployment and the inadequacy of voluntary efforts to relieve it led to some recognition that charity could not provide sufficiently for either type of unemployment . |
| 12 | They should not look actively for these behaviours : rather they should wait till they come to their attention before recording them . |
| 13 | While the area health authority ( AHA ) had commissioned work to consider the future of its long-stay hospitals , the looming 1982 reorganization of the NHS by which the area tier of authorities was to be abolished , did not augur well for any initiative to be taken forward from such work . |
| 14 | These fag-ends did not augur well for any public announcement that might be made . |
| 15 | It will not run again for some time , but from the human point of view , all was well . |
| 16 | Jessie did not return home for several hours . |
| 17 | I could not go back for some time as the Germans had obviously built up their air force to great strength , so I threw in my lot with Fulham church in my rare off-duty times . |
| 18 | There 's no need to worry — I 'd not live there for all the gold in Christendom and I told the lady Anne as much ! |
| 19 | Blocked roads meant that many motorists could not get home for several hours . |
| 20 | The present legal position does not cater adequately for such contingencies , as Greengross ( 1986 ) has cogently pointed out . |
| 21 | Another issue is whether a refurbished general code of offences against the person , including clearly graded offences and ‘ threats ’ offences , would not cater adequately for these occasions . |
| 22 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 23 | Get the public involved , the rationale seems to be , and the public will always come back for more . |
| 24 | We contented ourselves with a few small purchases , but will probably go there for some more serious shopping before the end of our stay in Peking , as it is obviously the best place in the country for buying touristy things . |
| 25 | DID you also puzzle why for that most important debate in the House of Commons last Thursday the women in the Shadow Cabinet chose to dress in a uniform of baby pink so they appeared on the front benches looking like a bunch of misplaced Barbie Dolls |
| 26 | Having learned to hold the camcorder still for these static scenes , and having resisted all temptations to pan the camcorder to and fro to ‘ get it all in ’ you can now move in for some closer shots . |
| 27 | What had happened did n't really sink home for another two years or so . |
| 28 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 29 | I have to say I did n't really care much for that kind of approach . |
| 30 | He could n't stay still for more than a few seconds and either paced the ground or fidgeted with his hair , clothes , hands , face and anything else within his reach . |