Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the previous section we described and accounted for the unequal distribution of wealth in Great Britain in terms of the ownership and control of forms of private productive property . |
| 2 | He had greased himself in oil and he had cooked and broiled and yearned for the magic hours of noon and six when he could down a life-saving tumbler of gin and lime . |
| 3 | As they parked and headed for the open front door , a smiling woman in a dusky pink two-piece and with her silver hair caught back in a chignon appeared to welcome them . |
| 4 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 5 | Baring his teeth in a soundless snarl of frustration and fury , he turned and ran for the opposite end of the alley , away from the oncoming car . |
| 6 | Here they 're weighed and measured and checked for the early signs of malnutrition , cholera and smallpox . |
| 7 | However at 2100 air attacks on the departing Fleet and convoy began and lasted for the next one and a half hours — torpedo-bombers attempted to attack down moon but were greeted by intense A.A. fire and were forced to turn away . |
| 8 | I shivered and reached for the hot taps but changed my mind . |
| 9 | That leaves mothers , children and older people behind in the mad scramble for the doors when the bus arrives , to stand packed together jolted and elbowed for the long slow journeys . |
| 10 | The queue on Sat am was outrageous , and I was told that the end of it would n't get Oxford tickets , so I just left and hoped for the best with the fax request . |
| 11 | He wrote and printed for the Scottish History Society his meticulous Itinerary of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ( 1897 ) and the substantial volume , Origins of the Forty-Five ( 1916 ) . |
| 12 | He stood and made for the other room . |
| 13 | We sat and waited for the next move , which turned out to be a visit from Younis and Bilal , insisting that Brian was trying to escape . |