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

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1 So upon this , my third post-chapel ‘ chat ’ of my first Lent term , ‘ The boy who refused to be confirmed at a Woodard School ’ was launched , and the annual , ‘ All those who have n't been confirmed , stay behind after matins ’ was to go on for four more weary years .
2 Yet affairs which , perhaps , appeared to be progressing well enough were not to remain so for many more years .
3 By chance , one of the world 's top fashion talent-spotters happened to be booking in for that same flight .
4 So up we 'd go and we 'd have to keep the crowd back and the object was to wait for Mary to come out for some more beer which was the pub across the road , and when she did , grab her .
5 This seminar is designed specifically for all those who come into contact with IBM 's products and terminology and who want to be able to understand and discuss them in order to carry out their jobs more effectively .
6 an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts .
7 The road along the glen is a leafy avenue for four miles to Polldubh , rising hardly at all in this distance but , after crossing the river over an exuberant cascade , climbs steadily for two more miles to a large car park at its terminus , passing a long waterslide coming down from Ben Nevis , which is unseen but directly above and 4000 feet higher .
8 Well I think what came out of it firstly , was thanks to people like you , a tremendous amount of publicity for a problem that is certainly not a new one , one that has been going on for many many years .
9 Cannon , 39 , had intended to play on for one more season , but he has a back injury that may require surgery .
10 so you 'd be paying out for some more tyres if you do n't have that checked or anything
11 Thus if , in a sample of 500 people , the quota of women aged between thirty and forty is twenty-two , the researcher will look out for twenty-two such women and , when they have been found and interviewed , that is the quota filled .
12 Maybe I thought we could make up for all those afternoons .
13 But Pietro made up for all that and for everything else , or so I thought .
14 But I 'm certain , by doing it this way , we will encourage females to put in for these these posts .
15 I mean they all ought to be geared up for all this for Christ 's sake .
16 Well I 'm staying up for one more game
17 not freehold land freehold buildings we 've been depreciating now for many many years .
18 Refused to go back for any more .
19 He says time may be running out — it has run out for alot … this may go on for several more years — we have n't go several more years .
20 I think , if we went on for another half an hour or forty five minutes , we could clear virtually everything .
21 But Lillywhite said : ‘ My Banana squad and manager Keith Lambert give me confidence to hold on for two more stages .
22 Daily assessment has gone on for all these years , with tests occasionally being undertaken — that is a reality .
23 He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years .
24 then little dog may be erm wo n't go perhaps for that much .
25 He was due to read his own poems , but he prefaced the performance with remarking how extraordinary he found it that students obliged to attend lectures should want to turn up for more such talk after hours .
26 I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour .
27 You never really sort of said well was it , was it a slipped disc or is it gone or have you got ta go back for any more tests or anything like that er and bearing in mind that he also said he was keen on sports and he played tennis and so on , you could 've had the opportunity there to say oh have your back problem , back troubles made in difference to you in that area ?
28 Perhaps if we win here for two more matches before the Test England would have more cause to worry .
29 It is always pleasant at our large gatherings for the Society to present a unified image which is why we ask particularly for all those taking part in the open classes to wear ALL MEDAU BLUE OR ALL NAVY BLUE .
30 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 .
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