Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 2 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 3 | Going into the first Test at Port-of-Spain under the leadership of Mike Denness , England were put in and bowled out for a meagre 131 ( Greig top-scored with 37 ) . |
| 4 | But the children soon settle down and gather round for a closer look at Caesar a 12ft long Burmese python . |
| 5 | And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things . |
| 6 | If you stir enough of them together and stand back for a few hundred million years , the result is likely to be a chemical entity capable of reproducing itself — one of the fundamental differences between living and nonliving material . |
| 7 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 8 | But in the end he could stand it no longer and went out for a walk . |
| 9 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |
| 10 | I always hang up promptly and go out for a nice cup of coffee to cheer myself up . |
| 11 | Chris , tall , lithe and manly , strips off and goes in for a swim in his panda-briefs . |
| 12 | After a particularly barbarous game of Murder Ball in the school gym , I stripped off and queued up for a quick soaking , along with 40 other pre-pubescent boys . |
| 13 | A careful dusting off of the electronics , and a pull off and push back for every ribbon and power connector , restored reliable operation . |
| 14 | So I got off and walked around for an hour or so , unseeing , my mind a total blank . |
| 15 | You 're looking very weary now , do you need to go home and lie down for a bit ? |
| 16 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 17 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 18 | Opening the weather door 360 feet up and stepping out for the final 44 feet outside is , he says without particular emphasis , ‘ dramatic ’ . |
| 19 | The chance to be her own boss , to give free rein to her design flair , to stand up and reach out for the stars … finally that chance was hers . |
| 20 | He began to tidy it up and look around for the plastic bag . |
| 21 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
| 22 | Let your child suck water up the straw , blow it out and play around for a while . |
| 23 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 24 | I 'm going to recommend that you are taken off duty immediately and sent back for a three-month intensive retraining schedule , ’ |
| 25 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 26 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 27 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 28 | " Why do n't you pop upstairs and lie down for a bit ? |
| 29 | The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot . |
| 30 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |