Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELOW : Guard , , society membership secretary is pictured with the carriages he designed and built for the railway . |
| 2 | She rose and stooped for the shell . |
| 3 | Without a word , Roberts rose and headed for the service hatch . |
| 4 | When he realized that Adam was not one of his colleagues , he stopped and reached for the revolver in his belted holster . |
| 5 | In general , we think of the criminal law as the means by which individuals are prosecuted , tried and punished for the offences ( e.g. theft , assault , etc. ) which they have committed . |
| 6 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 7 | And it is by that fire that Kentigern is born — about 518 — and to that fire , just as in the Gospels , that shepherds came and cared for the boy whose mother , her work done , is dead . ’ |
| 8 | Hampden fought and died for the sovereignty of Parliament . |
| 9 | Despite the genuine idealism of those who fought and agitated for the Republicans , the role of the Communist Party aroused some doubts on the Left . |
| 10 | We decided to use our green ballot box that we made and painted for the Maastricht campaign for people to post their cards into so that we can count them at the end and post them all together . |
| 11 | Then , apparently deciding that this was a special day , he turned and made for the thicket . |
| 12 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 13 | He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment . |
| 14 | Carol looked angrily at him , turned and headed for the door . |
| 15 | ‘ Poor sod , ’ he said to himself as he turned and headed for the others . |
| 16 | A pulse of pressure from behind threw them against the factor , he turned and jumped for the door , beat on it , it opened abruptly , and he fell inside . |
| 17 | She turned and started for the door . |
| 18 | ‘ Women ’ , the Sarakatsani reason , ‘ through the particular sensuality of their natures are inherently more likely to have relations with the Devil ; and goats were originally the animals of the Devil which Christ captured and tamed for the service of man . ’ |
| 19 | Kate sighed and reached for the wine . |
| 20 | As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits . |
| 21 | Jack nodded and headed for the lift , followed by a determined Tina . |
| 22 | The Campbell clansmen wore the filabeg also , but the castle folk of Inveraray wore the modern court fashion ; knee-length gown of fine wool , linen damask or velvet , the sleeves trailing nearly to the ground , all braided , slashed , looped , laced , furred and embroidered for the occasion ; bone-white shirt , long hose and long-toed shoes . |
| 23 | Whilst they rested and fed and waited for the skies to clear , we could enjoy their presence . |
| 24 | Somehow we escaped and made for the Wig and Dickle and suitable refreshments . |
| 25 | The Chairman of the Sports Council , Peter Yarranton , concurred and called for the expansion of pay and play facilities to at least 30% of all future developments to allow ‘ sport for all ’ . |
| 26 | It is a creative process , not a past process and something which is just stored away and lost and kept for the future . |
| 27 | In Cambridge in the 1930s he ran a gallery of modern art with Julian Trevelyan , edited Shakespeare 's 1593 Quarto of Venus and Adonis , with Jacob Bronowski [ q.v. ] founded and wrote for the magazine Experiment , and designed sets and costumes for theatrical productions . |
| 28 | Nobody was hurt , but the congregation panicked and stampeded for the exit . |
| 29 | I panicked and reached for the door . |
| 30 | I shook and panicked and wept for the fist time since he 'd been born . |