Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 2 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 3 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 4 | OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job . |
| 5 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
| 6 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 7 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |
| 8 | John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry . |
| 9 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 10 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 11 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 12 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 13 | She helped the younger woman to the kitchen , put her on a chair and looked round for the kettle . |
| 14 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 15 | She spooned coffee into their cups and reached out for the kettle . |
| 16 | Tuan Ti Fo crouched down , the boy balanced in his lap , the small , dark , tousled head resting against his chest , and reached out for the water-bottle . |
| 17 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
| 18 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 19 | It was flown by Geoff Dodd , a company pilot : ‘ I picked up my survival suit , cleared Special Branch , and took off for the Isle of Man suited-up and wearing a life-jacket . |
| 20 | And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things . |
| 21 | The guests are legless anyway ; they 've paid at least £75 per head and shelled out for the tombola , raffle and auction . |
| 22 | She seized her valise and struck out for the back of the house and the kitchen . |
| 23 | He went out immediately , and stayed out for the rest of the week-end . |
| 24 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 25 | In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . |
| 26 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 27 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
| 28 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 29 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 30 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |