Example sentences of "and [verb] for [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His departmental brief was to assuage the diplomatic pressure from Norway and vote for joining the club . |
| 2 | Underneath are the primary feathers which are harsher and used for steering ; the secondary feathers are on the top and used for catching the wind and for balance . |
| 3 | Williams 's ‘ It all depends ’ asserts and takes for granted the absence of any agreed hierarchies , hence the freedom of any individual to establish and assert his own hierarchy , without fear of challenge . |
| 4 | The Duke of Wellington , both when ambassador in Paris and later as representative at the Congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818 and Verona in 1822 , was enlisted in the campaign and in 1814–15 Clarkson and Macaulay , in 1818 Clarkson and in 1822 William Allen all spent time at the congresses meeting political leaders and arguing for defining the slave trade as piracy under international law . |
| 5 | Perhaps you need to buy a reliable alarm clock , or give up early-morning TV and settle for hearing the day 's news on radio . |