Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Rex was currently at about five on the scale of ten he left Laura to steam gently and made for the cocktail cabinet . |
| 2 | They stood together and posed for the pass , Alleyne relaxed and smiling , a tall , angular man who carried himself with natural elegance . |
| 3 | Now those same partners gave their blessing to the idea of the two solicitors moving out of their own offices , and setting up a temporary Law Centre where everyone involved could get together and fight for the return of the children ; they would fight for justice , and ultimately a judicial inquiry . |
| 4 | He tried to catch the attendant 's eye but the man was already turning away and reaching for the nozzle of the pump hose . |
| 5 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 6 | Bishop Stratford , preaching on the text ‘ My head is sick ’ , announced the decision to depose the king nevertheless and asked for the assent of the commons . |
| 7 | Half past eight comes and it is time to stand outside and wait for the bus . |
| 8 | I will probably widen the scope a little and speak for the list … so if there are any questions loosely related to the topic of transfers and mid-long term strategy etc … forward them to me so i can compile a list . |
| 9 | I will probably widen the scope a little and speak for the list … so if there are any questions loosely related to the topic of transfers and mid-long term strategy etc … forward them to me so i can compile a list . |
| 10 | That I 'm still rehearsing Hamlet somewhere and waiting for the pain to end . ’ |
| 11 | He called the RAC once more and arranged for the car to be taken to the edge of Brighton . |
| 12 | She rolled onto a knee , then pushed herself upright and reached for the bottle of Sancerre in one complete , if clumsy , movement . |
| 13 | The rain struck him across the face like a whiplash as he fought to keep the bike upright and driving for the protection of the leeward bank . |
| 14 | Next morning , Dot was surprised when Gloria got up early and left for the Housing Applicant Office the same time as she went to school . |
| 15 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 16 | She cringed back from him , pressing herself against the stove , wondering if she could edge past and make for the door . |
| 17 | He allowed her to take the bag and then brushed past and headed for the door . |
| 18 | Owen watched it carefully and waited for the arm to tire again . |
| 19 | It gave her meat for now and to smoke for the winter , and a jacket , stinking but warm . |
| 20 | The FMLN regard the participation of the local population as a crucial element in the ideological war against the government , at the same time providing vital practical support now and experience for the future during the reconstruction period after their victory . |
| 21 | His voice was low , but Oz slid off his chair immediately and made for the door . |
| 22 | ‘ No-one expected Rovers to be doing so well and challenging for the League , ’ he admitted . |
| 23 | An assistant warden and a field assistant also live here and work for the Trust . |
| 24 | This girl , this young woman , coming here and asking for the loan of a shilling for a cab fare . |
| 25 | It is unlikely that Patrick will come here and wait for the Plantagenet . |
| 26 | Geoffrey rolled his eyes dramatically and headed for the door . |
| 27 | Go down there and look for the apothecary 's sign . |
| 28 | And the reverse of that , wrote Harsnet , the feeling that all we have already felt and seen and heard has yet to happen , is so far only a dream , a fantasy , and the sense , he wrote , that this may be a feeling we experience again and again throughout our lives , that the elements of experience have failed to catch on to the glass of our lives , or that the glass is there and waiting for the experience to be registered , that it can wait for ever , for it does not know the meaning of time . |
| 29 | He smiled , sat down at the table again and reached for the Bushmills . |
| 30 | I banked again and headed for the Bunker . |