Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused . |
| 2 | The trouble was that they voted against the large numbers of unemployed and voted for Fascist and Nazi Governments . |
| 3 | Raise heat to very high and cook for 3–4 minutes , shaking pan . |
| 4 | We 've had four three-legged dogs over the years : Bless-her , who was born with a hind leg missing ; Belle whose front leg was amputated at seven weeks because of a ligament problem ; Tulley , a road accident victim who came to us at nine months old and fought for 18 months to keep his damaged front leg . |
| 5 | Children employed by such as William Douglas at his cotton mill in Salford were often taken from the workhouse at six or seven years old and worked for long hours , and were sometimes so ill-treated that they committed suicide . |
| 6 | Membership is automatic if you are at least 16 years old and work for 30 hours or more per week . |
| 7 | You are eligible to join providing you are at least 16 years old and work for 15 hours or more per week . |
| 8 | A man on his way to Jericho was attacked , robbed and left for dead . |
| 9 | Left empty and decaying for some years , the buildings were at last put up for sale . |
| 10 | They will highlight their plight at UNCED and call for greater urgency in efforts to combat the greenhouse effect . |
| 11 | If you 're going for 7–0 tomorrow , I 'll be a bit more cautious and go for 2–0 . |
| 12 | For special occasions , you can be more extravagant and go for dramatic , impressive displays . |
| 13 | They are competitively priced children 's books which are both entertaining and instructive and cater for all age groups . |
| 14 | And this was not the only occasion on which he protested , in the 1920s and 1930s , at having the precepts that were formulated to meet the special conditions of 1914 taken as absolute and binding for all poetic situations at all times . |
| 15 | Manufactured from high-carbon tool steel , hardened and tempered for lasting strength and blade sharpness , the blades are hollow-ground to give an extremely shape cutting edge . |
| 16 | It had been the first definite sign that something was wrong ; though she had been moody and withdrawn for some weeks before , he had thought this a normal reaction to her baby 's death . |
| 17 | Mr Timms resigned but Mr Cooke denied he had been dishonest and stayed for two years until he was fired in August last year . |
| 18 | After that , his senses remained strained and alert for several hundred paces , but there was no more hint of a shadow , and as he moved away from the busier streets he became increasingly confident that he was alone . |
| 19 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 20 | Lot number seventy eight Lot seventy eight a patinated bronze teapot there 's the bronze teapot a hundred pounds at one hundred and ten , twenty , one hundred and twenty pounds at one hundred and twenty pounds , one thirty , forty , fifty , sixty , seventy , eighty ninety , two hundred two twenty bid I 'm offered two hundred and twenty to my right and selling for two twenty , two forty two sixty , two eighty three hundred and twenty three fifty three eighty four hundred and twenty four fifty , eighty five hundred and fifty six hundred six hundred pounds offered anybody else at six hundred pounds still to my right at six hundred pounds . |
| 21 | Lot eleven the Tibetan model there 's the model showing eighty pounds for this , at eighty , eighty five offered , at ninety , ninety five , ninety five bid , one hundred and ten , twenty , thirty a hundred and thirty is offered at one hundred and thirty , one forty a new bidder now , one forty to my right and selling for one hundred and forty thank you , one forty for join on . |
| 22 | Thank you , Lot number eighty four Lot number eighty four a square seal there 's the seal showing eighty for this one , at eighty pounds at eighty pounds , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten one twenty thirty one forty fifty one hundred and fifty at the back against one sixty one seventy eighty one ninety two hundred two hundred to my right , at two hundred pounds , any more at two hundred , two twenty , a new bidder two fifty , at two hundred and fifty , two eighty three hundred offered I 'm offered three hundred to my right and selling for three hundred pounds . |
| 23 | Grip lashes with the curlers as close to the roots as possible and hold for five seconds , then repeat halfway down the lashes . |
| 24 | Near by , a policeman , urgently crouched , all cocked and bunched for this urgent encounter or transaction . |
| 25 | ‘ I was very upset and felt for those players who played , ’ Durie said . |
| 26 | The microtitre plates were washed thoroughly with PBS-Tween and incubated for another 30 minutes with alkaline-phospatase ( ALP ) conjungated rabbit anti-human γ chain or rabbit anti human α chain antisera ( Dako , Glostrup , Denmark ) diluted 1:400 in PBS-Tween . |
| 27 | And a society 's ideology must be constantly reproduced if the society is to survive , just as ( for example ) an industrial society must continually renovate and update its machinery and ensure that the next generation of workers is produced , kept alive and prepared for productive labour . |
| 28 | Its tip can stay alive and grow for many days , thereby increasing its chances of meeting a host . |
| 29 | IRA man Philip Manning ( 22 ) of Springfield Crescent , also Belfast , denied the charge but was found guilty and jailed for 14 years . |
| 30 | There does seem to be general agreement amongst teachers that the school curriculum should be broad and balanced for all pupils . |