Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] and [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was still meditating for hours and waiting for the voice of the flat to inform her of its favoured colour scheme . |
| 2 | ‘ I pay enough tax on my first job ’ , Mike said , and did n't accept the connection between taxes and help for the unemployed . |
| 3 | They swarmed on board with the agility of rats and leapt for the defenders . |
| 4 | In seven patients the data had been fabricated ; confrontation was followed in all cases by cessation of symptoms and support for the parent . |
| 5 | It 's like you not painting your house for years and waiting for the glass to fall out of the windows before you start … it 's not the way to do things |
| 6 | The Dutch were probably right , to judge from a handwritten note de Gaulle gave Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at that time : ‘ The supernational organisms of the six , which tend inevitably and abusively to become irresponsible superstates , will be reformed , subordinated to governments and used for the normal tasks of the council and technical business . ’ |
| 7 | There were even reports of material assistance being given to protesters by local officials , such as transport to demonstrations and financing for the protesters ' co-ordinating committees . |