Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So beautiful is this emotion that some scientists and poets regard it as the elixir of life and pursue it for no other reason . |
| 32 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 33 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 34 | Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge . |
| 35 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 36 | In the end she had taken the brooch back to the shop and exchanged it for a plain silver cross on a chain . |
| 37 | The task of implementing this change of policy fell on Roger Brown , then editor in succession to Ralph Gee , who had been responsible for the printing of the paper for many years and edited it for a short period . |
| 38 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 39 | ‘ I feel I should write and thank you for the smooth transition and vast improvement to the standard of cleaning at our premises . |
| 40 | She refused the porter 's offer to crack open the bottle , and settled herself for a long wait . |
| 41 | I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast . |
| 42 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 43 | Under these circumstances , all you can do is try to re-align the board on the artwork and expose it for a further period , but you may well have to scrap that attempt and start again with a freshly-coated board . |
| 44 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
| 45 | And yeah , they 've gone and re-credited me for the fifteen pound ! |
| 46 | The desire to modernise the UKCC and the national boards , and to condition them for the 1990s is uncontentious and is supported by the Opposition , by the professional organisations and by the health unions . |
| 47 | If you come across a taxi token , pick it up and use it for a free taxi ride to any part of the city . |
| 48 | of the population the £26.2 billion that they have had in tax cuts and use it for the national health service , pensioners , schools and all the social services . |
| 49 | I then used a fingertip roughly to blend and spread them for a hazier and more subtle finish . |
| 50 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 51 | ‘ Come in , ’ he called in a low voice , expecting Clare , and steeling himself for a long and exhausting reconciliation . |
| 52 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 53 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 54 | No , they wrote and ask you for the exact date of day I started getting ability allowance . |
| 55 | As he leapt to the attack again , he uttered a hoarse , nerve-shattering scream , the purpose of which was to startle his opponent momentarily and distract him for a fatal fraction of time . |
| 56 | On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken . |
| 57 | ( iii ) After incubation in complement , transfer the embryos to fresh M2 + BSA and leave them for a further 20–30 min at 37 C during which time the outer cells should be seen to bleb and lyse . |
| 58 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 59 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 60 | Their tasks on landing are to check the drop zones and landing sites for enemy activity , and mark them for the incoming aircraft , as well as performing detailed reconnaissance tasks of key targets and objectives . |