Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] and [vb pp] for the " in BNC.

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1 She picked up her things again and made for the dim daylight outside , rather relieved it was n't a bright day .
2 His voice was low , but Oz slid off his chair immediately and made for the door .
3 As Rex was currently at about five on the scale of ten he left Laura to steam gently and made for the cocktail cabinet .
4 In a tightly-argued four page document , AoI said it must be accepted that coal is not on its way out and called for the disbanded Energy Select Committee to be resurrected immediately .
5 They had nearly arrived at the first of the longhouses scattered over the hillside , belonging to the families who stayed in Orphir all the year round and cared for the land and the hall on behalf of the Earl .
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