Example sentences of "for [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er one day I went up there and er erm in there for for over two hours right , and who 's the the P A er used to be er . |
| 2 | Er it did occur to me I mean I was , in my last church , the for for completely different reasons , the question of the timing of the church services , was brought up . |
| 3 | And if I do read a paper it wo n't be for for very long because all the stuff it 's got in it I 've seen it one telly or heard on the radio . |
| 4 | Er there are two examples along the western route corridor of sites which I do refer to in in the statement , Hildebrand Barracks at , an army camp which er is expected to be vacated in the near future , and Queen Ethelbergers which has been vacant now for for almost two years . |
| 5 | Papa left him reasonably well provided for through more orthodox investments , but I imagine it just about breaks even . |
| 6 | It is viewed with some suspicion by staff anxious about the standards of care provided , but there is undoubtedly an advantage to clients , who are able to be cared for in more homely environments rather than long stay wards . |
| 7 | His help was called for in purely local matters , such as the corporation 's attempts to clear fishgarths from the Ouse , but he also pressed the city 's claims at court , and in 1476 was credited with the preservation of York 's liberties by his great labour to the king . |
| 8 | His help was called for in purely local matters , such as the corporation 's attempts to clear fishgarths from the Ouse , but he also pressed the city 's claims at court , and in 1476 was credited with the preservation of York 's liberties by his great labour to the king . |
| 9 | And the lump sugar business , called for in so many recipes , is often exasperating because it is unexplained . |
| 10 | Often as not you should be able to find what you are looking for without too much trouble . |
| 11 | Among the items which therefore never saw light of day was one in which I suggested that there were individual candidates of all the parties in different parts of the country whom one might be tempted to vote for on purely personal grounds . |
| 12 | When I was twelve , and I got baptized , erm a lady gave me a little text and it was from Joshua chapter one and it was verse nine and it says have I not commanded you be strong and courageous do not be terrified , do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go and that 's a verse that I 've been able to remember and to thank God for on so many different occasions all through my training as a doctor and it 's , all the promises in the bible are absolutely true and you can rely on them because it 's not a book written by men but it 's a book written by God . |
| 13 | ‘ Competitive bidding ’ includes any mode of sale whereby prospective purchasers may be enabled to compete for the purchase of articles , whether by way of increasing bids or by the offer of articles to be bid for at successively decreasing prices or otherwise . ’ |
| 14 | This volcanic cone , dormant for at least 3000 years , provides the prized yellow rock from which the moais were carved . |
| 15 | So for at least seventy of the two hundred workers , today 's announcement means their jobs are saved . |
| 16 | The sovereign powers of the 50 individual states of the Union have declined continuously for at least 120 years and are severely circumscribed or non-existent in many of the major areas of public policy . |
| 17 | The sovereign powers of the individual states of the Union ( now numbering 50 ) have declined continuously for at least 120 years and are severely circumscribed or non-existent in many of the major areas of public policy . |
| 18 | I want to put you under for at least forty-eight hours . |
| 19 | The young tigers are dependent on their mother for at least eighteen months , until the family starts to break up . |
| 20 | Observers believed that the referendum was intended to build legitimacy for at least greater economic control over Tatarstan 's oil production ( approximately 600,000 barrels per day ) , if not outright secession from Russia . |
| 21 | And as a bonus , IRAS should be able to send back information for at least nine months , instead of the seven expected at launch . |
| 22 | Britain had exercised tight control over the entry of aliens for as long as anyone could remember and , anyway , there had been little contact between Germany and Britain for at least nine months . |
| 23 | This strange kind of polygyny has accounted for at least nine different hypotheses attempting to explain the birds ' bizarre mating system . |
| 24 | At his death he had been married for at least nine years to a wife called Margaret . |
| 25 | By the end of 1991 it was apparent that the referendum to determine the future of the Western Sahara , which had been scheduled for Jan. 26 , would have to be postponed for at least nine months . |
| 26 | Gripped by recession , some banks are now asking for at least temporary relief from these capital standards . |
| 27 | Seal all surfaces with at least two coats of gloss paint ( not vinyl ) , and allow to dry for at least 72 hours before the mirror is fixed . |
| 28 | Labour activists in both constituencies believe the organisation Conservatives Abroad is probably correct in its claim that Tory supporters account for at least 80 per cent of the registered overseas electors . |
| 29 | The field had not been ploughed for at least 80 years ( probably not for more than 150 years ) and there is no record of fertilizer or herbicide ever having been applied . |
| 30 | The new sector , for which the body would have responsibility , would provide for at least 80 per cent of the advanced student population in further education , the other 20 per cent being provided in about 300 other institutions , each with a relatively small stake in public sector higher education , and excluded from the body . |