Example sentences of "and [verb] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 2 | He then knelt and confessed his sin to God and asked for the forgiveness that is in Christ to be his . |
| 3 | On no account look out your passport and make for the airport because they 'll catch you in customs and the judge will be cross and tell you you 're a cold-blooded , ruthless and calculating murderess and give you twenty years . |
| 4 | She ducked under his arm and made for the door but he caught her arm . |
| 5 | Somehow we escaped and made for the Wig and Dickle and suitable refreshments . |
| 6 | There is , however , a specific exemption from the general requirement to spread variations from regular cost : ‘ Where a refund that is subject to deduction of tax in accordance with the provisions of the UK Finance Act 1986 , or equivalent legislation , is made to the employer , the enterprise may depart from the requirements of paragraph 80 and account for the surplus or deficiency in the period in which the refund occurs . ’ |
| 7 | These motivate the separate preoccupations of holists and individualists , each with a characteristic type of question , and account for the fact that they are satisfied by different sorts of answers . |
| 8 | Secondly , and allowing for the possibility that our global score might have detected minor increases in the mucosal neutrophils in some cases of mild active duodenitis , the number of patients with heavy neutrophilic infiltration ( severe active duodenitis ) was also greater in the absence of NSAIDs . |
| 9 | This being said , and allowing for the fact that much which was viewed as sexually deviant a generation ago is now viewed tolerantly if not taken for granted , a few words may be said about some practices or groups of practices which are generally recognised as deviant from either the normal object , the normal aim or the normal focal issues of sexuality . |
| 10 | I shall draw up a timetable , hour by hour , and allowing for the fact that he must have slept , I expect to see the spaces filled in . |
| 11 | Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people . |
| 12 | However , I must break that rule this morning and apologise for the fact that I have an extremely heavy cold , which will make the delivery of my speech a long process — and even longer for the House , which has to be detained in listening to it . |
| 13 | ‘ The fact is you do n't sit back and wait for the UFF or IRA to hit their victims — you go after them . |
| 14 | But a minute or two later , as they turned out of the car park and headed for the road that led back to the villa , Ronni gave way to the growing desolation within her . |
| 15 | He swallowed hard and headed for the door that opened out into the hall . |
| 16 | there , there , there be fighting and shoving and pushing for the power and then it says there that it will look as though the , the north king will take all over , all over the what , what spread all over the earth and then it says gradually he will go right back to his ho go home , gradually will be stepping back , right back to his home and there 's going to be no helper for him |
| 17 | ‘ Secondly , he had a passion for Arthurian legend and lore and searched for the Grail and Excalibur . |
| 18 | One colour stands for Jamaica 's natural resources and sunshine , one for its agriculture and hope for the future and the last one for the nation 's past and present troubles . |
| 19 | George : ‘ You would n't have been born and writing for THE FACE if it was n't for someone spunking off . ’ |
| 20 | He will come round the wicket to start probing the rib cage and looking for the catch as the batsman tries to fend off the ball . |
| 21 | Can I have my ring back and then Christopher can go and look for the ring that he had on his head , he had a wooden one on his head , do you remember ? |
| 22 | They engaged in goal setting and envisioning for the enterprise and changed the methodology by which the business heads reported to control groups from the center . |
| 23 | an inborn sympathy and liking for the native and his affairs … |
| 24 | I said of course you were deep in domesticity and waiting for the baby and she said that was what so many good students seemed to be choosing these days … " |
| 25 | Opened by another Mr Perkins who was staying at the same hotel , the package was passed to police who were ready and waiting for the actor when he arrived at the hotel in Cardiff . |
| 26 | And just as those who are young feel the need to talk about and prepare for earlier important events , such as their wedding , or their children 's christenings , it is quite normal and not at all macabre for some old people to want to look ahead and plan for the ritual and display of family love and unity that will take place on the day of their departure from this world . |
| 27 | Readers can check this result by subtracting Project C's cash flows from Project D's cash flows and solving for the IRR as outlined in the previous paragraph . |
| 28 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |
| 29 | ‘ At the NEC , we received lots of trade interest in the new branding and positioning for the range and also widespread international approval for the new merchandising , including commitment from Au Printemps , one of the leading French retailers , ’ he added . |
| 30 | They had nearly arrived at the first of the longhouses scattered over the hillside , belonging to the families who stayed in Orphir all the year round and cared for the land and the hall on behalf of the Earl . |