Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [pron] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I clapped Jamie on the shoulder a couple of times and we made for the street . |
| 2 | What the ovules do is they stay in the grasses and they wait for the pollens to arrive . |
| 3 | As an entertainer I run in bright colours and I run for the public . |
| 4 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 5 | The Magistrate 's eye moved from one doctor to the other over the passive rows of tattered skeletons and he forgot for a moment that he was as thin and ragged as they were . |
| 6 | He miscalculated badly , forgetting the Tsar 's pride , which made him unyielding in his claim to be protector of the Greek Christians , and the reaction of the Sultan , who was weary of being pressured by the Powers and who feared for the security of his Empire . |
| 7 | The wood cracked against Belle 's hands and she sat for the rest of the lesson holding her knees . |
| 8 | And I learned to drive — mum and dad paid for my driving lessons and I paid for the driving test . |
| 9 | He said it was the government 's intention to privatize 30-40 per cent of state assets and he asked for a six-month moratorium on trade union pay demands . |
| 10 | It was pleasant out of doors and I went for a walk , down by the station , along the Wharf and across the promenade . ’ |
| 11 | and you go and stand at those castle round parts and we went for a walk and there was a football match going on was n't there ? |