Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our enthusiasm for getting afloat was an overriding factor — that part of the job remained the same and made up for a lot of hassle . |
| 2 | By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair . |
| 3 | When we sat down for our sandwiches , I made him go away with the grisly thing , but we could still hear him crunching away behind a rock — first a crunch then a cough as he swallowed a feather , then another crunch then more coughs until he realised there was no future in it and came round for a sandwich . |
| 4 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 5 | She looked up and waved as the Golf drove past and when Melissa had put it away and locked the garage door , she rammed her fork into the ground and strolled over for a chat . |
| 6 | Hard to feel sorry for the laird , who would have watched the sweating workers from his window , hands in pockets , listening for the doorbell in case the king changed his mind and dropped in for a scone . |
| 7 | BIGGLES pilot Anthony West coolly landed his vintage Tiger Moth biplane right outside a secluded country pub — and swaggered in for a pint . |
| 8 | Having selected your water and turned up for a day 's fishing you then have to decide where the fish will be on the day in question . |
| 9 | She unstrapped the harness , and glanced around for a spot to hide the acres of silk canopy . |
| 10 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 11 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 12 | Formalities over , Patricia Pillmoor drew out a chair , pulled off her hat and settled down for a chat . |
| 13 | Had there been no — and certainly no just-arrived audience — It would have been utterly lovely to have taken the phone and settled down for a chat , to be inspired and encouraged as always by the love you offer your friends and by your own zest for life physical and things spiritual . |
| 14 | Having been stung in a similar situation in their last league game when Gregor McKechnie called their bluff over a kickable penalty and scuttled in for a try , Tukalo tried to do likewise after Joe Munro had been caught offside in the Watsonian 22 , as Scott Hastings was called to arms to police Linton . |
| 15 | Eliot produced a single page of notes from his pocket which he placed before him on the small table and brooded over for a while ; but when he started , he managed to pack in , during 45 minutes or so , a great deal of sound sense on the subject of drama and especially on the relation of drama to religion . |
| 16 | Be glanced towards Kelly and slowed down for a moment before speeding onwards . |
| 17 | Kenne gulped , and looked around for a way out . |
| 18 | Ruth surveyed the freshly-turned earth and looked around for a flower she could place on the grave , but it was the last day of December and there was nothing in bloom . |
| 19 | At the start , the hare dashed off and built such a commanding lead that he decided to relax briefly and lay down for a nap . |
| 20 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 21 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 22 | After breakfast he put a book in his pocket and went out for a walk . |
| 23 | But in the end he could stand it no longer and went out for a walk . |
| 24 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 25 | He stopped at the door and stared in for a minute . |
| 26 | It was the smell of a hundred bodies that had not been bathed for a week , of a hundred sets of clothes that had been lived and slept in for a week , of excreta and vomit trapped by the windows that had not been opened for a week . |
| 27 | Crossly , he came out of the bushes and searched around for a dock leaf . |
| 28 | The next day we hired a Panda auto and nipped off for a game of golf , it had been rather warm and on returning Sonya suggested I remove my cerise tweeds and let my cornet Kascade down . |
| 29 | He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while , but it was too cold to linger long . |
| 30 | Caducius had been found by Alexander McKenn and Maurice Harknett in the 1960s and dived on for a period of time before being forgotten . |