Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [conj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused . |
| 2 | Near by , a policeman , urgently crouched , all cocked and bunched for this urgent encounter or transaction . |
| 3 | The photograph was there , but where now were the people who had posed for it , stiff and unsmiling , in their clothes all washed and ironed for the occasion ? |
| 4 | She knew nothing of the future other than that it was an inhospitable fog that no-one had any choice but to enter , but she was certain that there was a scene all laid-out and waiting for her where she brought in the name of the man — or woman — who 'd first talked to Chrissie and then run her down . |
| 5 | The clock goes off , the cuckoo goes cuckoo , and then a little door opens and either the good-weather weatherman comes out , all grinning and dressed for the sunshine , or else another door opens and it 's the bad-weather weatherman who comes out with an umbrella and a raincoat and a grumpy expression . |
| 6 | A fortnight away by the sea and when they came back , the flat all ready and waiting for them . |
| 7 | He 'll have been sending his money out there for years , all ready and waiting for him to arrive . ’ |
| 8 | He had felt the power of his position when he had taken a bottle to the room of any major and propositioned for information on the talk in the mess when he , the KGB 's ears , was not present . |
| 9 | Intuitively , one might claim that the need for completeness which is satisfied when are angry is added to residents in ( 2 ) is of the same order as that experienced when waiting for , say , the splash of a stone thrown out over the sea , or for the arrival of food in one 's mouth when one has watched it being prepared . |
| 10 | 3 Press a blanched almond into the centre of each round and bake for about 20 minutes until pale golden and set . |