Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 3 | A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’ |
| 4 | Well really when I had the same thing , you know , and goes back for a little bit this morning and er same sort of thing . |
| 5 | He deals , breaks and rides out for a local National Hunt trainer to keep in the sport and would be delighted with any financial help — large or small . |
| 6 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 7 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 8 | There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place . |
| 9 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 10 | 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes . |
| 11 | 2 Add the garlic , tomatoes , thyme and green beans and cook gently for a further 5–7 minutes . |
| 12 | Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat . |
| 13 | With these small points I 've I 've made , Lancashire region supports the report and looks forward for a wider discussion at regional and branch level . |
| 14 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
| 15 | The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot . |
| 16 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
| 17 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 18 | We passed by and opted instead for an easy final passage . |
| 19 | The scallops would be put on to the seabed after about two years growth in special nets , and grown on for a further two years before harvesting . |
| 20 | If you stir enough of them together and stand back for a few hundred million years , the result is likely to be a chemical entity capable of reproducing itself — one of the fundamental differences between living and nonliving material . |
| 21 | An effective history teacher needs to be able to spot the potential of particular pieces of evidence and select carefully for a particular task . |
| 22 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 23 | The romance novel is unique in popular culture , as a narrative form that is produced and marketed exclusively for a female audience . |
| 24 | And look out for a new Spanish star , Jésus Montoya , who showed so brilliantly in the Vuelta d'Espana in May . |
| 25 | Leave the summit walking south and look out for a shallow gully leading towards a steep grass slope beside a burn and on to Glenlicht House . |
| 26 | SHOULD Selkirk fail to make the grade and drop out for a fourth spell in Division II , they will at least on this occasion descend with honour . |
| 27 | The object of the book being to bring about the release of Cooper and McMahon as soon as possible , I also decided to forgo a hardback publisher , whom I knew could not publish in under ten months , and contracted instead for an original paperback . |
| 28 | Thankfully , I handed over my pens to Rosemary so that she could finish plotting the latest chart , and escaped outside for a few breaths of fresh air . |
| 29 | ( In the same way , most mathematicians reject the purely formalist , symbolic , view of mathematics and opt instead for a Platonic picture that ascribes an ‘ existence ’ to such abstract notions as integers , irrational numbers and groups . ) |
| 30 | There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow . |