Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no , as I watched , he turned a ball elegantly off his legs and called for a quick single . |
| 2 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 3 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 4 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 5 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 6 | It was like the feeling he used to get when he played another game from his childhood ; that of closing his eyes and walking for a certain number of steps along , say , a wide path in a park . |
| 7 | An enclosed community guards and cares for an enclosed community and we the public gladly subcontract this duty , hoping that it will be carried out unseen and unheard . |
| 8 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 9 | On behalf of all local authority caterers , I thank Joe Hyam for his kind words and support for the local authority caterers . |
| 10 | Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions until they brown ; add the spices , raisins and almonds and fry for a further minute . |
| 11 | In particular , will he urge that the Indonesians should immediately abandon the trial of the two East Timorese survivors and press for a full United Nations investigation ? |
| 12 | You get the end of season and it 's if you look at the labels and go for the decent labels then you do n't get sort of , quite reasonable quality . |
| 13 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 14 | It recommends an increase in the number of part time training posts and allows for a resulting modest fall in the average number of whole time equivalents that doctors work . |
| 15 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |
| 16 | An essential element in job creation is the provision of training for school leavers and retraining for the long term unemployed . |
| 17 | That done , the wee dandy , roofed by a wig of blazing defiance , hooked thumbs into his waistcoat pockets and sauntered for the bar-top city heights . |
| 18 | If you look at the report , White Paper , you 'll notice that it 's sticking to a , a freezing of the nineteen-ninety levels by the year two thousand and five , and you may feel that you would like to see this country come more into line with the other E E C countries and ask for a freezing by the year two thousand . |
| 19 | Well , she 'd simply have to find the strength within herself to resist that power , she decided grimly , rising to her feet and reaching for the long black dress she 'd laid out earlier to change into . |
| 20 | She rose gracefully to her feet and made for the front door , with Melissa following . |
| 21 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 22 | Barton Lynch , sitting out the qualifying rounds and waiting for the main event , recalled the 1988 Billabong , which for the first time had been held at Pipeline . |
| 23 | Add the drained vegetables and cook for a further 5 minutes , stirring all the time . |
| 24 | He was to express the presbytery 's grave concern over certain aspects of the handling of these cases and press for an urgent review of procedure in suspected child abuse cases . |
| 25 | You could find it useful to comment on past reactions and to ask for a fresh angle : ‘ When we 've talked about having some staff working from home , we 've always got bogged down in cost factors regarding the technology needed . |
| 26 | If Bowe wins and opts for a first defence against veteran George Foreman , the WBC have confirmed they will strip him of the title and declare Lennox Lewis champion . |
| 27 | The committees are empowered to take evidence from ministers , civil servants and outside experts and to call for the necessary papers and records . |
| 28 | Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus . |
| 29 | ‘ I pay enough tax on my first job ’ , Mike said , and did n't accept the connection between taxes and help for the unemployed . |
| 30 | It would have meant seven hundred vacancies and work for the jobless . |