Example sentences of "and [verb] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 In it the pope said nothing about homage , and argued temperately against lay investitures , minimizing their importance , and denying that he sought for himself any increase of authority or any diminution of the king 's due power .
2 Then , assuming " phantom " chains , the change in free energy per chain as the end-to-end vector R changes to is Averaging over all chains and remembering that we have For a network of n chains per unit volume the change in free energy will be n times this .
3 If a person goes to the town hall and says that he qualifies for a discount , the authority will need proof .
4 Coughing and spluttering as she gasped for air , Laura was jerked into consciousness by the sound of a high-pitched giggle and the feel of a wet kiss on her cheek .
5 This began with some flattering words about us both , and implied that he had for long been unable to make up his mind about the abdication .
6 The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart .
7 They looked at each other and laughed as they went for the top A and each found that no noise came out at all .
8 He went back to bed and wept until they came for him .
9 He had never yet seen her washed and dressed before he left for his game of golf on the way to the small art gallery that he owned in Brook Street .
10 Carson carried her weekend bag through a brick archway to a side door , and waited as she looked for her key .
11 To generalize and say that it stood for anything at all was self-delusion and deceit .
12 ‘ Less of your lip , Prescott , and see that you report for latrines duty straight after breakfast . ’
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