Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 2 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 3 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 4 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 5 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 6 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 7 | He then went to South Africa with the FA summer touring side and played for the national team in one of the representative games . |
| 8 | And Paul de Levantiére would sigh , turn with a resigned expression to his fitter and ask for the next outfit to be tried on . |
| 9 | Externally , in his relations with other villages , he becomes the vehicle and focus for the xenophobic fear and animosity between rival communities . |
| 10 | With the birth less than six weeks away , Jacqui is juggling a hectic schedule between work and planning for the new arrival . |
| 11 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 12 | As a result , Labour thinking began to lay more stress on state control , on the need to take over at the centre and then to redistribute wealth and plan for the whole country . |
| 13 | We do not want them to inherit all our problems when it is their responsibility to create the wealth and care for the increased number of elderly and aged people in this country . |
| 14 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 15 | But he did miss it ; he thought he had been born homesick ; he certainly thought he had spent most of his life waiting and longing and aching for the Bright Palace where his mother 's people had quarrelled and laughed and made love and war , and where the charming ruthless Wolfkings had woven Ireland 's history . |
| 16 | So I left Derek and Brian by the door of the pub and headed for the open country . |
| 17 | The requirement that homes should be a haven of peace and rest for the male breadwinner has set up a tension with an architectural notion of " rationality " which proclaimed bare simplicity , tidiness , and the importance of cooking and cleaning as work processes . |
| 18 | I would just wait at home and hope for the best — you know , that a decent price would be bid . |
| 19 | A line creeping forward , and a rabble of men leaving the hatch and hurrying for the first bench place they could find . |
| 20 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 21 | Other related activities include membership of a westen European EDIFACT board and support for the British Standards Institution 's EDI activities . |
| 22 | Whatever level of public expenditure proves practicable , and however it is distributed , the primary source of support and care for the elderly people are informal and voluntary … |
| 23 | The sun , having messed around with all the colours that Keats and Shelly were so big on , decided at last to give the rosy-fingered routine a bit of a miss and go for the full Colditz searchlight . |
| 24 | Mitchell trained as a journalist on The Scotsman and worked for the Scottish Tourist Board , Apex Publishing in Oman and British Gas Scotland before setting up Elliot Mitchell Communications , which later merged with Commpress . |
| 25 | She smiled , turned course and steered for the deeper waters near the edge of the reef . |
| 26 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 27 | SFA lists certain criteria to be used to judge relevant experience and understanding for the particular transaction . |
| 28 | Meldola was , by now , an ailing and weary man , overcome by excessive worry and work for the growing war effort . |
| 29 | Still stroking my son 's forehead with my left hand , I reach out into the darkness with my right and fumble for the little clock on his bedside table . |
| 30 | Last night , she said she would be taking a play to the Edinburgh Festival and directing for the first time . |