Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although cylinder manufacturers countered effectively for some decades , first with moulding techniques and later with finer grooves , the overwhelming simplicity of being able to press thousands of copies of disc records and play them on a simple machine eventually told in the disc 's favour . |
| 2 | Happily they lived together for several weeks , until Killigrew told his young bride that duty called him to town . |
| 3 | The work continued under another architect , but the death of Marino , combined with the vast expense of the building together with the losses his surviving family also suffered at the hands of the new Spanish governors , meant that work stopped altogether for many years . |
| 4 | The generation of power from nuclear fission , generating intense radioactivity , has been developed and used commercially for several decades to meet part of the world demand for electrical energy . |
| 5 | • Hundreds of original , flavour-tested recipes , each created especially for this series . |
| 6 | They were gentle , because Bridget Ryan was a quiet woman ; Jack Ryan blustered enough for both of them . |
| 7 | James Thomas Knowles senior and his son James Thomas Knowles junior entered separately for all parts of the competition with designs in an eclectic manner . |
| 8 | To obtain a clear white wine from black grapes Dom Pérignon would have had to employ sophisticated pressing techniques ; it is most likely , therefore , that it was Pérignon who invented the traditional Champagne press , designed exactly for this purpose . |
| 9 | entered once for all into the Holy Place , taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood , thus securing an eternal redemption … |
| 10 | Many , but sadly not all , camcorders enable you to monitor the sound in the field via an earpiece which is plugged into a socket provided specially for this purpose . |
| 11 | She posed carefully for each exposure . |
| 12 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 13 | That was subsequently rejected by the Government but the institute is now offering counselling training , designed specifically for such professionals . |
| 14 | This is a brilliant piece of software enhanced greatly for those with a soundcard . |
| 15 | In fact , it seemed so for several months . |
| 16 | She came downstairs for all her meals . |
| 17 | VOTING Day came early for some schools in the North-East who went to the polls yesterday in a mock General Election . |
| 18 | A textbook , composed specially for this examination , has been published — Preparing for English for Commerce , by David Davies and Douglas Picket , publisher Prentice Hall . |
| 19 | ‘ I came here for some answers . |
| 20 | The UK scored lowest for this variable . |
| 21 | He started the car by letting it run downhill — Maxim had insisted they park so that there would be no give-away noise of the starter- and drove steadily for several miles . |
| 22 | Quite properly the film credits would give precise details of the recordings used , with a separate credit for music composed specifically for that particular film . |
| 23 | A text book , composed specifically for this examination , has been published — Written English for Business ( First Level ) , by Alan Stanton , publisher OUP . |
| 24 | A textbook , composed specifically for this examination has been published — Written English for Business ( Second Level ) , by RGH Andrews , publisher OUP . |
| 25 | A textbook , composed specifically for this examination , has been published — Written English for Business ( Third Level , by Bernard Bater and Gerald Lees , publisher OUP . |
| 26 | A textbook , composed specifically for this examination , has been published — Preparing for English for Commerce , by David Davies and Douglas Picket , publisher Prentice Hall . |
| 27 | Billie could see their closeness when Adam let her out , saw that they cared deeply for each other . |
| 28 | Very few ideas and very few projects of any significance are implemented by one person alone : Other people 's effort makes it happen — whether they are assistants , subordinates , a staff , a special project team , or a task force of peers assembled just for this effort . |
| 29 | It climbed steeply for some moments and then hung , apparently motionless , like a miniature sun above the sepoy encampment . |
| 30 | Widespread violence flared again for several days from July 14 , with unauthorized rallies , inter-ethnic clashes , pogroms and attacks on official buildings reported in Osh city and several other localities . |