Example sentences of "and [prep] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was reliever to feel a slight tug as the parachute eventually opened ; it was bitter cold but fortunately he was being blown away from the capital 's fires , and after drifting for a time , hit the ground ‘ like a wet sack ’ . |
| 2 | They took out large orders of tea and coffee on cardboard trays , and after wondering for a while if they were anything to do with the film business Lucy finally decided that every last one of them was probably either a builder or a shopfitter . |
| 3 | It will be a matter of making a good landing directly into wind , if that is possible , and of hoping for a minimum of damage to the glider . |
| 4 | The growth has come from privatisation of services provided in the public sectors , particularly healthcare and education and from catering for the public . |
| 5 | He knocked briskly and without waiting for a bidding went in . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going for a walk , ’ Roman said abruptly as they left the dining-room , and without waiting for a reply he left her standing by the lifts . |
| 7 | And without waiting for an answer he jumped off the shelf and onto the next one . |
| 8 | And without waiting for an answer he drew her closer and lowered his head to find her lips . |
| 9 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 10 | And to asked for the cream teas to be retained . |
| 11 | Since primary school teachers have responsibility for all areas of the school curriculum , special consideration be given to the language curricular genres and to writing for a variety of purposes . |
| 12 | Now , by analysing a sample of customer addresses by ACORN he or she can set sales targets for each ACORN type ; and by allowing for the population in each type in each sales territory , he or she can set quotas which relate directly to the potential for business in each area . |
| 13 | I I observe that the Liberal Democrats have made a complete U turn in their previous adherence to providing a steady stream of services to the people of Oxford , and by setting for a budget below the capping level you are taking out of funds available to people things that do n't necessarily have to be taken out . |
| 14 | Soviet spokesmen sought credit from the non-aligned states by attacking Western efforts to turn Cyprus into a NATO military base and by calling for a withdrawal of all foreign forces from the island . |
| 15 | So the least I could do was to get out and around looking for the guy . |