Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This went on for a long time . |
| 2 | shur shur shur shur shur shur shur , and this went on for a week an little teacher , Miss , she called out stop doing that ! |
| 3 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |
| 4 | The annual growth of world trade in 1991 slowed down for the third successive year , according to the annual report of the Director-General of GATT , issued on March 18 . |
| 5 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 6 | A dark close , a dark eerie house with silent people inside , and confused , childish tales of evil spells and horror — all made up for the ostracism of the two Rosin children . |
| 7 | All fired up for a marathon effort |
| 8 | Over in Cheltenham , 6 teams of 4 turned out for the day 's main event , won by the team from the St James Hotel . |
| 9 | It may be that the poll tax was used as a pretext for anarchists , militants and other left-wing Labour Party fellow travellers to encourage riots and civil disorder , but many joined in for the kicks and cared little about the issue . |
| 10 | More than 3,000 turned out for a rally organised by 2 hoteliers who say they just had to do something . |
| 11 | Yet all turned out for the best : on 20 July 1836 , Daniel Jones returned Benjamin his indenture , only too pleased to inscribe on the back of it the fact that he had appreciated the boy 's seven years with him , and making him a generous gift of five pounds in the process . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Have you got it all worked out for the Moslems too ? ’ asked Georgiades . |
| 14 | Some are coming from as far afield as Germany , so today , despite abysmal flying conditions , they all went up for a rehearsal . |
| 15 | Then we all went out for a drink . |
| 16 | Then they all went off for a visit to the zoo |
| 17 | I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’ |
| 18 | Like many footballers at the twilight of their careers , Rough looked round for a suitable business interest and eventually opened his own shop in Musselburgh . |
| 19 | In the middle of digging they all sat down for a mug of tea . |
| 20 | That went on for a long time . |
| 21 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 22 | And that 'll get the inside of that sorted out for a wee while again young William . |
| 23 | Later that year , when the writer was working on Loot , the idea first came up for the two of them to work together . |
| 24 | Hilary Robarts said impatiently : ‘ But the body , when you first went back for the torch and saw her , you were certain she was dead ? ’ |
| 25 | She had not felt this alone and lonely since she first set out for the French battlefields over fifty years ago . |
| 26 | The World Cup limited the domestic appearances of the leading players so that an unusually high number of 103 turned out for the six first-class teams . |
| 27 | The inspection is similar to that carried out for the Structural Survey , however because the report is in a standard format , the information conveyed is more concise and limited in order to identify the more important defects , bearing in mind the property 's type and age . |
| 28 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 29 | Nearly three hundred turned up for the meeting , which was chaired by Lord Bute , and a video link was set up between the Lecture Theatre and the adjacent room to accommodate the overflow . |
| 30 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |