Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
2 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
3 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
4 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
5 | When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser , only to find nobody there . |
6 | In some respects Kerrier may have constituted an exception , yet although the mean of £4.4 per head may need scaling down to take account of the multitude of labourers discovered and roped in for the subsidy , upwards of seven-tenths of the assessments made in 1522 were at £2 — £4 . |
7 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
8 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
9 | He was already in so far he could not find his depth , and he wanted to turn and strike back for the shore , but , like an unpractised swimmer , found that the distance he had come was too great for him to return . |
10 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |
11 | There was the evening meal to prepare and Rachel to wash , feed and settle down for the night . |
12 | Not the actual shots , those the Director decides and works out for the style they 're going to shoot in . |