Example sentences of "[adj] for [adv] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was blonde and doll-faced , but her blue eyes gave the impression that she 'd just about seen everything , and rather more than was healthy for so short a life . |
| 2 | The notes refer to other dancers representing handmaidens , a bird and winds : rather complex for so short a work . |
| 3 | ‘ When you do accept an assignment from one agency , be sure to inform the other agencies that you will not be available for however long the accepted work takes . |
| 4 | Of course these superior critics disliked the way his films displayed ‘ the grossest sentimentality ’ , but this was the price that had to be paid for his mass popularity and after all , as William Hunter reminded his readers , Dickens had been far more sentimental for very much the same reasons . |
| 5 | They stayed with Kirsty for just under an hour , and it was a relief to Shiona to see how well she was looking . |
| 6 | Especially when my own husband has only been dead for just over a week . |
| 7 | I decided that I would have to get to the Butcher 's office first or at least early on in the queue so that I would be barefoot for as short a time as possible . |