Example sentences of "and [verb] for [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 2 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 3 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 4 | He then knelt and confessed his sin to God and asked for the forgiveness that is in Christ to be his . |
| 5 | Johnson grasped hold of some solitude and became for an hour or so a noble savage and a member of the armies of medieval romance , communing with nature on the bank of a stream : ‘ The day was calm , the air soft , and all was rudeness , silence and solitude . |
| 6 | She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She ducked under his arm and made for the door but he caught her arm . |
| 9 | Somehow we escaped and made for the Wig and Dickle and suitable refreshments . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Thus she stayed on the back-benches , retained her roots in Merseyside , and fought for the people and ideals which she had always supported . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |
| 17 | I had sorrowed over the loss of the Hood , on which my father 's brother had been ‘ sparks , ’ and mourned for the Barham and the Ark Royal . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Because of the extra buffers this salt does not claim to be the fastest dissolving around , and aerating for an hour after mixing may improve results . |
| 21 | Less than a hundred yards from the wall they swerved and re-grouped for a charge as the infantry swarmed up behind them . |
| 22 | ‘ The fact is you do n't sit back and wait for the UFF or IRA to hit their victims — you go after them . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He swallowed hard and headed for the door that opened out into the hall . |
| 25 | I 'd rather Lesley had had an abortion and tried for a kid when we were married . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
| 28 | Yesterday West Yorkshire officers advised women to stay in their cars and wait for a patrol if they break down . |
| 29 | If I did n't move someone would come and feel for a pulse and , finding one , finish me off . |
| 30 | ‘ Secondly , he had a passion for Arthurian legend and lore and searched for the Grail and Excalibur . |