Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His family used to come and stay for a week every year in a cottage across the dale and Martin would come and visit me on a regular basis . |
| 2 | Men have been known to write and ask for a picture of me in a bathing costume . |
| 3 | Lord Jesus , we cry to You that You will bring peace to those who use force to try to gain their selfish way ; use Your people to be peacemakers ; help us to work and pray for a world where You will be King . |
| 4 | Yes , so she just and she 'd like to go and teach for a living , . |
| 5 | So he told me to go and ask for a job there . |
| 6 | She really could not bear to sit and listen for a minute longer , as she explained to Bernard , to the lies of the imperialist lackeys . |
| 7 | Three girls rushed up to help and call for an ambulance . |
| 8 | She bounced to the mirror to powder and tweak for a moment , catching Conroy 's eye and giving him a wink . |
| 9 | Firstly we still have plenty of midfielders even if Rocastle goes , ( which he wo n't , because he said in the papers yesterday that he is to stay and fight for a place ) . |
| 10 | And lead him out to the Waiting Room where he 's allowed to linger and holler for a while before we ferry him back to the night . |
| 11 | I had to stop and rest for a moment . |
| 12 | Aggressive criticisms of assembly-line education such as this from the 1930s should cause us to stop and think for a moment . |
| 13 | They still have to make and pay for a boiler so this particular age of Victorian Steam may have to wait until the next century before it makes a comeback . |