Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlotte strained her ears to hear whether he would slip out by the side door and make straight for the garage at the rear of the house for his car , but instead she heard the crisp , light rapping of his heels on the oak staircase . |
| 2 | Gather up your belongings and make calmly for the door . |
| 3 | She has deservedly won the respect of everyone in the field of movement and dance both for the Society and herself . |
| 4 | We live , act , move , are temporarily satisfied , enjoy and suffer principally for the satisfaction of desire . |
| 5 | An attack would have been tantamount to committing suicide , so reluctantly Stirling gave orders to leave the town and head back for the rendezvous with the LRDG . |
| 6 | See how , sometimes , the largest fish will hover at the tail-end of the shoal , while his tasters — or so it seems — accept almost every likely-looking morsel , only to leave some morsels alone as though there was something special about them , and fit only for the King . |
| 7 | When Bathsheba ran out of the house the previous night , Troy first replaced the coffin lid , then went upstairs to lie on his bed and wait miserably for the morning . |
| 8 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 9 | And watch out for the Sains-berries on the day . |
| 10 | And watch out for the name Tomo Cesen figuring increasingly on the honours board of daring deeds . |
| 11 | Provide the best food and water quality , and watch out for the others attacking it . |
| 12 | ‘ At Elland Road I was expected to go and win the ball and that was about all they liked ! ! — get the ball up to the big front men and look around for the knock downs ’ ( Batts obviously did nt look very hard cos he did nt find many ! ! ) |
| 13 | He began to tidy it up and look around for the plastic bag . |
| 14 | They chatter together like fiesty and excited skunks , and look constantly for the opportunity to move in . |
| 15 | Go down Via Francesco Sforza , and look out for the façade of the church of San Giovanni in Conca , the majority of what remains of a church that once stood in Piazza Missori . |
| 16 | ( And look out for the Somerset Companion Map Leaflet with vouchers to the value of £20 and over ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Be cool and look out for the ladies , ’ he says . |
| 18 | And look out for the chough — a rare member of the crow family — which feeds on the clifftop vegetation . |
| 19 | And look out for The Zebra in Your Stable , the Christmas special on BBC1 — details in tv listings on page 65 . |
| 20 | Try to pick a line through the birch forest on the northern slopes and look out for the wreckage of a World War II aeroplane on the north-eastern side . |
| 21 | ‘ And the true order of going , or being led by another , to the things of love , is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty , using these as steps only … ’ |
| 22 | and on his own , and said to mum , come up here and get away for the weekend , cos it 's a hell of a burden to carry , with no release , I mean even going on holiday , she has to book it , organise his packing , wash it , you name it , . |
| 23 | The section only applies to public houses ( for meaning of " public house , " see s.139(1) ) in respect of which applications for Sunday opening have not been granted under Sched. 4 , and , in respect of which , part of the premises have been adapted and set aside for the provision of the customary main meal at mid-day or in the evening or both , The procedure for applying the section to the premises is similar to the procedure under 5,57 , Before a licence-holder can apply the section to his premises , he has to obtain a declaration of satisfaction from the licensing board that part of his premises are adapted and used or intended to be used for habitually providing the customary main meal at mid-day or in the evening and that the adapted part does not contain a bar counter ( subs . |
| 24 | He found that he enjoyed going to a parish to confirm the children , or to institute a new incumbent , and stay afterwards for the sausage rolls or sandwiches at the bunfight and chat up the people with a mixture of silence and belly-bumping laughter and beams all round and leg-pulling but with care and affection . |
| 25 | The only thing they wanted to hear was that the prophet had said that everyone could go to Zap Zone and stay there for the rest of their natural lives . |
| 26 | And you had to get out on the floor that catered for your particular dominant moral propensity , and stay there for the whole of Eternity . |
| 27 | We ca n't just nip on a coach and go somewhere for the day . |
| 28 | But three minutes after the interval Leeds skipper Ellery Hanley took Schofield 's short pass to spin out of a tackle and go over for the try , goaled by Gallagher , which put Leeds in front for the first and only time in the game . |
| 29 | He used to stay at his club during the week , and go home for the weekends . ’ |
| 30 | When zooming in for the kill , or performing a lightning strike , they ignore the tail end of the body and aim straight for the eyes . |