Example sentences of "and [verb] for the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greenwich Mean Time , Jonas Savimbi , the UNITA leader , telephoned his organization 's radio station , known as " Voice of the Resistance of the Black Cockerel " , and arranged for the ceasefire order to be broadcast . |
| 2 | It 's been going on for about seventeen months now and the in chief man at Hill House was rather interested to hear that we 'd not actually had it resolved yet , and asked for the reference numbers and . |
| 3 | Mr McAteer said : ‘ I was in the Sheriff Clerk 's Office and asked for the defence documents . |
| 4 | Jeffrey had a word with Serevi , who to Townsend 's bewilderment , appeared at his shoulder and asked for the Gala teenager 's autograph . |
| 5 | The current account external balance depends on the real exchange rate ( defined as domestic relative to foreign consumer prices and adjusted for the exchange rate ) and domestic and foreign ‘ absorption ’ ( total final expenditure ) . |
| 6 | The two sides were a world apart and while Northern hope for successive victories in their final two games for survival , Wigan can relax and prepare for the Silk Cut Cup final at Wembley on May 2 against Castleford . |
| 7 | Hoffs twists some hair and goes for the sexism angle . |
| 8 | He turned to the right and made for the north choir aisle . |
| 9 | We reasoned that a malaria antigen ( or antigens ) which could interact with HLA-B53 and account for the disease association should be expressed early in the liver-stage of the parasite 's life cycle : human erythrocytes do not express class I molecules , and enhanced CTL lysis of macrophages that have engulfed blood-stage parasites is unlikely to benefit the host . |
| 10 | He turned professional when he was sixteen and fought for the featherweight title of Great Britain , a bout he lost to Micky McGuire . |
| 11 | A competitor par excellence , Sarah passed six ‘ O ’ levels , rode for the school team at Hickstead , starred in amateur dramatic productions and swam for the school team . |
| 12 | We camp , and to compensate for the fishing Odd-Knut suggests he will cook us another of his specialities , blåbærsuppe , a fish stew . |
| 13 | Without a word , Roberts rose and headed for the service hatch . |
| 14 | His digital watch and the clock on the wall of the administration building foyer tallied at three precisely when Manville finally strolled in through the glass swing doors and headed for the reception desk . |
| 15 | Diplomatically , he took the golf bag from me and headed for the car park . |
| 16 | Discarding the bird bone , Grimm gathered up Meh'Lindi 's silk gown , stole and slippers from where they still lay and headed for the bedroom door , followed by Meh'Lindi . |
| 17 | have access to independent safeguards against infringement of legal and civil rights services which recognise and provide for the support needs of their carers , whose goodwill must not be exploited . |
| 18 | Hence it is important for the legislation to spell out the situations and conduct that will be presumed to be anticompetitive , and to provide for the competition policy institution to publish guidelines as to how it proposes to apply the legislation . |
| 19 | Research shows that fire bells induce panic and confusion or , even worse , people ignore them and wait for the PA announcement to say that the bells were a false alarm and everybody can now go back to bed . |
| 20 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 21 | Maggie took a deep breath , and made for the tent entrance . |
| 22 | As Rex was currently at about five on the scale of ten he left Laura to steam gently and made for the cocktail cabinet . |
| 23 | Wycliffe joined the trippers on the pier and made for the Flushing ferry . |
| 24 | She let herself out softly by the family door , and made for the silver glimmer of water in haste . |
| 25 | Then he grabbed both cases and made for the airline counter to buy a ticket . |
| 26 | DEC , Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM have yet to agree to adopt the software , but USL is trying to get their representatives there in a show of solidarity and support for the operating system . |
| 27 | The growth and support for the heritage language programme within a decade has been remarkable . |
| 28 | That bombshell , coming from the Labour party at a time when Nottinghamshire miners are continually breaking production records , shows Labour 's lack of faith in and support for the coal industry , and why Nottinghamshire miners abandoned socialism in 1985 . |
| 29 | Stories about the illegal capture and sale of wild animals do n't usually have happy endings , and so no wonder there was much celebration when 10 wild-caught orang-utans smuggled into Taiwan and destined for the pet trade were confiscated by Taiwanese officials and sent back to their Indonesian homeland for rehabilitation . |
| 30 | Would you like to go and look for the ring dear ? |