Example sentences of "and [adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
| 2 | Whole supermarkets in the Valley were stripped of their provender in a decorous food riot by the affluent , loading up their Wagoneers with Porterhouse and T-bone as they headed for the hills . |
| 3 | She was pretty and popular and she lived for the moment . |
| 4 | He does not observe or understand them as lessons in natural history , but knows their names and as much about their habits and life-history as he needs for his purpose . |
| 5 | He chattered at her , sleepy and indignant as she dived for him among the dirty linen , the old letters , a moth-eaten scarf . |
| 6 | The cello concerto swelling through the house , the briny tang of the scallops in their marinade , doors opening and closing as he searched for the missing due . |
| 7 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 8 | The Lord Mayor who saved the king and all that he stood for was William Walworth . |
| 9 | I am still 100 per cent behind Credit Management and all that it stands for . |
| 10 | At breakfast together Fisher exploded and attacked the Church Union and all that it stood for and said that they had done great harm and ought to apologize . |
| 11 | When it was certain that the City of the Horizon would collapse , and all that it stood for , I wrote to him , to try to get him to save himself . |
| 12 | Bye-bye Bella , and all that you stand for , do n't you know . ’ |
| 13 | Just eighteen months previously Diana 's mother had given birth to John , a baby so badly deformed and sickly that he survived for only ten hours . |
| 14 | If you 're complete beginners , active , familiar with camping or caravanning conditions , and two or you pay for our ‘ Introduction to Yachting ’ course in Nidri , then we know you 'll be safe to skipper your own yacht for the second week on flotilla . |
| 15 | Born at Cardross , Dumbartonshire , he lost his hearing in infancy through illness and was admitted at the age of 8 into the Glasgow Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where he remained for seven years . |
| 16 | The drought had not yet taken a stranglehold , although the landscape looked parched and drier than it had for years . |