Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 2 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 3 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 7 | I discarded my unfamiliar new slinky satin pyjamas for my familiar old sweater and jeans and headed for the nearest shops . |