Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good melon should feel heavy for its size , so hold two or three and go for the heaviest . |
| 2 | Linda buried herself in the crowd , exchanging words with this one and that and heading for the bar . |
| 3 | Roads , railways , lakes , rivers , major settlements , chemical storage facilities and political boundaries can be displayed and used as overlays for the various modules that examine the impacts of chemical spills into the atmosphere and river systems . |
| 4 | Mrs McNee said she had watched her children become disillusioned and despondent and feared for the long-term effects on their emotional as well as physical health . |
| 5 | Must be handsome , intelligent and witty and looking for a fun-to-be-with female student . |
| 6 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
| 7 | They were waiting to pounce , I know it ; that 's how they live ; they hang about in the dark , watching ( such a creature will see in the dark , never fear ) and listening and feeling for the minuscule rise in temperature and small vibrations which signal a passing vascular system , then they hop on board and they … suck . |
| 8 | She looked young and pretty and relaxed for the first part of the evening until a ghastly sense of anti-climax set in when she realized that many of the young English guests had arrived well watered and rowdy after their coach trip , soon to become hideously drunk on the Ashley 's generous provision of champagne and wine , with a few dainty canapés and other elegant nibbles . |
| 9 | By means of technical methods known as single , double , and triple tonguing extremely rapid but clear staccato production is obtainable , which is most sure and effective when used for the rapid reiteration of a single note , e.g. : |
| 10 | To sequence the rest of RO , the entire fragment was cloned in M13 and sequenced as described for the RE' subclones . |
| 11 | At one , and ten , twenty one thirty at a hundred and thirty pounds standing , at one thirty , all done , at one hundred and thirty and selling for a hundred and thirty pounds thank you sir , the same buyer , one hundred and thirty pounds for eight five four . |
| 12 | Some of the holidays that cater for the younger element may still be slanted towards pairing people off , but those that cater for the older age groups are not . |
| 13 | Everyone — whether self-employed or working for an employer — has the choice of continuing as they are or of switching instead to a personal pension . |
| 14 | The important thing is to steady yourself as much as possible and reach for the ground with one hand . |
| 15 | Opposition parties in a communiqué issued on July 8 , following a mass rally , denounced the National Council as fraudulent and called for a democratically elected body . |