Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb pp] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that moment Mauleverer tottered in and made for the armchair beside the fire . |
| 2 | The carts had been washed down and polished for the day 's event . |
| 3 | She rose from her chair at the little antique bureau which stood in the attic window space , bent down and fumbled for the catch of the secret drawer which she had found there . |
| 4 | Eventually a further final , concurrent budget resolution has to be voted on and submitted for the president 's signature , theoretically in time for the beginning of the financial year on 1 October . |
| 5 | Thérèse sat up and fumbled for the light-switch that dangled from a cord beside the bed . |
| 6 | Merymose stood up and made for the door . |
| 7 | Claudia stood up and made for the door . |
| 8 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 9 | The old drove-roads made their own contribution to the landscape in the wayside inns that grew up to cater specially for drovers in lonely stretches of country , and in the ‘ stances ’ beside them where the cattle were shut up and rested for the night . |
| 10 | In October Rupert at last slipped out and made for the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 11 | What the hell , he was up and about and dressed for the road . |
| 12 | They had nearly arrived at the first of the longhouses scattered over the hillside , belonging to the families who stayed in Orphir all the year round and cared for the land and the hall on behalf of the Earl . |