Example sentences of "[vb past] and [vb past] 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 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 6 | Hampden fought and died for the sovereignty of Parliament . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Then , apparently deciding that this was a special day , he turned and made for the thicket . |
| 9 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 10 | He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment . |
| 11 | Carol looked angrily at him , turned and headed for the door . |
| 12 | ‘ Poor sod , ’ he said to himself as he turned and headed for the others . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She turned and started for the door . |
| 15 | Kate sighed and reached for the wine . |
| 16 | As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits . |
| 17 | Jack nodded and headed for the lift , followed by a determined Tina . |
| 18 | Whilst they rested and fed and waited for the skies to clear , we could enjoy their presence . |
| 19 | Somehow we escaped and made for the Wig and Dickle and suitable refreshments . |
| 20 | It is a creative process , not a past process and something which is just stored away and lost and kept for the future . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Nobody was hurt , but the congregation panicked and stampeded for the exit . |
| 23 | I panicked and reached for the door . |
| 24 | I shook and panicked and wept for the fist time since he 'd been born . |
| 25 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 26 | Now ! he thought and dived for the tree . |
| 27 | Suddenly he swayed and reached for the support of his car door . |
| 28 | At that moment , the art group emerged and headed for the tea-table . |
| 29 | He smiled and headed for the bedroom . |
| 30 | ‘ For Bretonnia and King Louis ! ’ he cried and waited for the response . |