Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them three months ago for a violent attack . |
| 2 | The duo came to Darlington about 18 months ago for a one-night show , but have not played panto in the North-East before . |
| 3 | Laura , who was flown to the USA five months ago for a life-saving double transplant operation , was re-united with her two-year-old brother Louis . |
| 4 | There would be opportunities here for a cross-European sharing of expertise built up around bilingual skills . |
| 5 | The booklet would be too big to be given away , but could be available in tourist offices etc for a reasonable price . |
| 6 | She presented three rows of two letters in either the left or right field and asked subjects either for a full report of all six letters or simply to recall a particular pair of letters ( partial report condition ) corresponding to a single column of the display . |
| 7 | BURSCOUGH will put behind them their best victory of the season as they travel to Blackpool Rovers tonight for a Bass North West Counties League clash . |
| 8 | If you cut corners just for a quiet life , you 'll have trouble . |
| 9 | Her less intellectual sister next door may be tranquilly watching television , an infant asleep beside her and a stew bubbling on the stove , while the first-class honours graduate hunts frantically for a clean nappy as the baby howls and the telephone rings . |
| 10 | Paul Merson is playing with a maturity which augers well for a rich future to an England career that started so well in Czechoslovakia last month . |
| 11 | The two researchers do not recommend introducing pigs into existing woodland , but favour planting new areas specifically for a sylvopastoral system with pigs or planting trees on an outdoor range that is already in use . |
| 12 | Nigel Colborn 's series on Creative Planting on BBC2 's Gardeners ' World has provided plenty of inspiration , and now he has drawn all his ideas together for a special feature in this issue . |
| 13 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 14 | Mr Archer had left her four years ago for a married man with a beard who lived , people said , in Shepherds Bush . |
| 15 | The job was initially priced over two years ago for a different scheme but incorporating the same layout . |
| 16 | Of course now they 're recalling the fact that Tweed 's wife left him several years ago for a Greek shipping magnate , that he has n't had a lot to do with women since … ’ |
| 17 | Feed and dead-head plants regularly for a long-lasting display |
| 18 | Typical Venetian decor — chandeliers , hand-painted furniture , ornate mirrors and marble floors — adorn the hotel and the local character of the welcoming Al Speci bar attracts locals and guests alike for a cool relaxing drink . |
| 19 | ‘ Have you got any ideas yet for a particular direction ? ’ |
| 20 | It is extremely difficult for workers in Community Mental Health Centres to focus their efforts effectively for a dispersed community of people with long-term problems if their work is constantly being interrupted by crises and emergency work . |
| 21 | Harry Dodson and his wife are well versed in the language of flowers , and have made wedding bouquets professionally for a good long time : they made the beautiful posies for the Victorian wedding in the forthcoming television series The Victorian Flower Garden . |
| 22 | Bombes away for a happy ending : Spiced ice cream pudding . |
| 23 | Similarly , we can say that the purchase of a new machine by a firm is investment — the machine itself will not yield utility to anyone in the current period but will produce ( or help to produce ) consumer goods probably for a long time into the future . |
| 24 | ‘ I was making saggars there for a good number of years after the move to Barlaston , where they were used in firing , ’ re recalled . |
| 25 | It would become known as the Aladdin Sane Retirement Tour of Great Britain , comprising over 40 appearances and culminating at Hammersmith Odeon for the famous final concert of June 3 , 1973 , when David announced his ‘ retirement ’ and that he would n't perform live concerts again for a long time — not for two or three years at least . |
| 26 | Fifty pounds again for a little diamond boat shaped ring . |
| 27 | She frowned slightly ; it would n't do to have letters like this arriving here , she would make arrangements today for a discreet postal address . |
| 28 | So England have not always been sporting failures just for a short while . |
| 29 | pity they could nt do that vs Scum … maybe Leeeee Sharpeeeee took robins aside for a quick trip before the match ? ? |
| 30 | The boundaries may have been short , with netting to protect the club 's offices , but it was worthwhile practice for Smith , and a glimpse of warmer times ahead for a remarkable crowd ; there were about 100 well wrapped-up diehards , one of whom plonked himself in a red deckchair on the outfield , dangerously at midwicket . |