Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Try to pick a line through the birch forest on the northern slopes and look out for the wreckage of a World War II aeroplane on the north-eastern side . |
| 32 | John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry . |
| 33 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 34 | It took me to twenty to stand into a half crouch and reach up for the bolt . |
| 35 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 36 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 37 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 38 | As they finally leave the city and head out for the open road , Billy the Kid says , ‘ We made it , did n't we ? ’ |
| 39 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 40 | We carried a medical team with vehicles and back up for the medical team . |
| 41 | ‘ At Elland Road I was expected to go and win the ball and that was about all they liked ! ! — get the ball up to the big front men and look around for the knock downs ’ ( Batts obviously did nt look very hard cos he did nt find many ! ! ) |
| 42 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 43 | She seized her valise and struck out for the back of the house and the kitchen . |
| 44 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
| 45 | In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . |