Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In keeping with their true natures , some look out for a dealer who has passed it , and beg him to sit it again , for them . |
| 2 | The estimated savings are based on the claimant being 22 weeks off the register , but again some stay off for a year , and some return much sooner . |
| 3 | It is still the definitive cinematic story of the attack and , for all the commercial flaws of the film , it stands alone in technical accuracy and the actual attack scenes are among the finest put together for an aviation film . |
| 4 | There is a real feel here for a developing area of research , which avoids giving a misleading impression that the current state of the art provides any ultimate answers , handed down on tablets of stone from above . |
| 5 | The 1986 and 1987 figures show a rapid pick up for the larger firms in particular . |
| 6 | Badly paced , with a familiar climax ( The Silence Of The Lambs meets Cape Fear ) , but if you stay awake look out for the relatively complex treatment of the IRA early on , the Gulf War references and Sean Bean 's sunglasses |
| 7 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 8 | Field experiments with stuffed birds also demonstrate that different species of small birds all close in for the attack on a hated enemy — in this case not a predator but a cuckoo . |
| 9 | The peninsula is peaceful and pretty now , and many go there for a gentle but gastronomic tour . |
| 10 | ‘ All join up for a conga , ’ I called over the racket , and soon we had a long snake winding its way in and out of the tables and finally through the door . |
| 11 | After one or two attempts they can change over until all join together for a big finish . |
| 12 | Then they all settle down for a bit and design some mountains . |
| 13 | First look out for the spoor on prominent areas of the banks , scatter the area with pieces of sliced apple and then sit and wait . |
| 14 | The experience of being an old person , a senior citizen , is imposed from outside , as for example people find when they first queue up for a retirement bus pass : ‘ The general expectation [ is ] that old people should be incompetent ’ ( Victor , 1987 , p. 265 ) . |
| 15 | Both make up for the lack of nutrients in the soil by trapping and digesting small insects . |
| 16 | Most yearn instead for a caring lover who would become a considerate family man in later life . |
| 17 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 18 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 19 | The next stretch northward for a hundred miles or more showed the variety of the Romanian countryside . |