Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spared that sort of indignity , the 22 horses and riders approached individually for a staggered start . |
| 2 | Becker and Engelman combined only for a pleasantly smoochy encore by David Jaeger , composed this year and arranged by Engelman from a piano accompaniment to the viola . |
| 3 | But Dzagnidze then followed his own kick for a try in the corner , and Mironov swept through for a try that Dzagnidze converted . |
| 4 | By that time the pool was getting crowded as a shift ended and staff poured in for a swim before going home . |
| 5 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 6 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
| 7 | In April 1990 an all-out battle between Bègles and Montferrand raged on for a while before the referee could stop the slaughter . |
| 8 | Mum drove the car into the huge car park and Stuart looked out for a parking space . |
| 9 | It was already beginning to fill up with French businessmen , and Jean-Paul made purposefully for a table in the window . |
| 10 | He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story . |
| 11 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 12 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |
| 13 | For the first time in days Hilary felt at peace , the hurt and pain pushed aside for a while . |
| 14 | A group of directors and employees got together for a discussion group and the resulting lively debate was recorded on a video currently doing the rounds of BNFL sites . |