Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corridors of the BBC are long and pea-green ( the 1984 setting of Orwell 's book , reputedly ) , and I followed a uniformed attendant through and round them for the obligatory ten miles before happening upon Studio B10 . |
| 2 | For now , Therapy ? are at the start of their first proper American jaunt , glad to take a break from the pressures of Britain and their debut major label release , and swap them for the promotional chores of the States . |
| 3 | and we 'll sort it out ourselves and what they do , if a customer says oh there 's a phone that 's broke , or it 's not working or something like that , they 'll say oh okay we 'll get in touch with the maintenance for you , you see , cos he 's making nowt out of it , if you say we dropped the phone and broke it , well we 'll send a and then they send an engin one of their blokes out with a replacement phone and charge him for a new one , once they say wants some re-programming doing , oh yeah were sending an engineer round and they get , the dealer then gets the money for it so all we get is the flack end of it you know so we , a service contract it 's priced because , low because you know you 're gon na make a bit on moves and changes |
| 4 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 5 | Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day . |
| 6 | A crowd of eager customers would be awaiting his arrival outside the shops and attack him for the particular colour , size or style of dress they had been waiting for . |
| 7 | So beautiful is this emotion that some scientists and poets regard it as the elixir of life and pursue it for no other reason . |
| 8 | If you come across a taxi token , pick it up and use it for a free taxi ride to any part of the city . |
| 9 | of the population the £26.2 billion that they have had in tax cuts and use it for the national health service , pensioners , schools and all the social services . |
| 10 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 11 | No , they wrote and ask you for the exact date of day I started getting ability allowance . |
| 12 | As he leapt to the attack again , he uttered a hoarse , nerve-shattering scream , the purpose of which was to startle his opponent momentarily and distract him for a fatal fraction of time . |
| 13 | Their tasks on landing are to check the drop zones and landing sites for enemy activity , and mark them for the incoming aircraft , as well as performing detailed reconnaissance tasks of key targets and objectives . |
| 14 | Only today matters , so forget about tomorrow , pack your bags , and prepare yourself for a magical holiday . |
| 15 | It will be white with a god-like figure like those Tibetan Buddhist temples which reflect the old vision of the winged disc and prepare us for the new . |
| 16 | I only came to say good-bye and thank you for a lovely day . ’ |
| 17 | When you pick up that telephone and answer it for an external caller , you 've become Oxford University Press and it 's important that we create the right impression for our customers , whoever they are . |
| 18 | Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk , ’ said Mr Utterson . |