Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 2 | Atlanta , Georgia , the expo site , will apparently be all dolled up for the festivities with billboards , local advertising , the works . |
| 3 | Atlanta , Georgia , the show site , will apparently be all dolled up for the festivities with billboards , local advertising , the works . |
| 4 | Most of them apparently turned up for the first Sunday game at the picturesque University ground . |
| 5 | She was being towed to the breakers when she began to take in water ( probably through the conning tower hatch which was only lashed down for the tow ) and sank . |
| 6 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 7 | For these cruel rituals the most wicked and depraved of ‘ Satan 's felines ’ were strongly preferred and all-black cats were eagerly sought out for the flames . |
| 8 | He looked round all their sobered , pitying faces , and registered what was there to be registered , but it was not much ; nothing more than was due to any boy of sixteen , suddenly wiped out for no good reason . |
| 9 | I 'm afraid I shall be very much tied up for the rest of today . |
| 10 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 11 | I 'm all packed up for the shoot tomorrow … the second last for this year — then 2 more in January & into the salmon season on Jan. 15 th ! & so the year 's round etc . |
| 12 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 13 | In the second incident , involving the credit card , he had only gone along for the ride , and had not used the card himself , said Mr Harper . |
| 14 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 15 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 16 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
| 17 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
| 18 | With their male love of machines , he and his friends ( especially rounded up for the occasion ) spent hours tinkering with it , heads down in worship under the bonnet . |
| 19 | But the bike is only cranked over for an instant before the Australian wrenches it upright and turns on the throttle . |
| 20 | ‘ It has all worked out for the best , yes ? |
| 21 | One 's grant disappeared into a bottomless sea of cigarettes and beer with hardly enough left over for the books we were meant to read . |
| 22 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 23 | It belonged almost in its entirety to Kenneth Horne , around whom the show was built , but there was enough left over for the supporting players , Betty Marsden , Hugh Paddick , Bill Pertwee and Ken , all of whom built up their own individual following . |
| 24 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
| 25 | Why it should suddenly be important to prove this to a number of people that she had n't even met , she did n't stop to question , and she firmly suppressed a naggingly persistent image of Tom Russell and Marise Wyspianski last Saturday all dressed up for the annual Christmas ball given by the Coronation Hospital board . |
| 26 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 27 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 28 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 29 | The transport consultants Oscar Faber TPA will develop work already carried out for a study on short-term measures in the Forth area . |
| 30 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |