Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found it and clung there for a while , then pushed clear and knelt among the waves , head lowered . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought I 'd come and stay here for a bit . |
| 3 | It 's like the little one said last , she said , can we come and stay here for the weekend you know , and stay up in Aunty Bonnie 's room , they call upstairs , and Margaret 's face she said , well er , my god she 's got some good stuff up there you know , furniture |
| 4 | My parents are going to France at Christmas and erm I do n't wan na go with them really and nor does Digby so he , Digby 's gon na come and stay just for a bit and my house it has to be empty and Foxy 's coming round to stay . |
| 5 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
| 6 | " Come and sit here for a bit . |
| 7 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 8 | Opening the weather door 360 feet up and stepping out for the final 44 feet outside is , he says without particular emphasis , ‘ dramatic ’ . |
| 9 | It pays to research and prepare thoroughly for the bargaining process ; find out as much as possible about your own bargaining power and the situation of the other party . |
| 10 | None of this could detract from the supremacy of Williams , as Mansell and Patrese dominated the field and scrapped fiercely for the lead . |
| 11 | Charlotte strained her ears to hear whether he would slip out by the side door and make straight for the garage at the rear of the house for his car , but instead she heard the crisp , light rapping of his heels on the oak staircase . |
| 12 | Gather up your belongings and make calmly for the door . |
| 13 | The Parks tournament at Calderstones Park , which starts on July 19 and goes on for a week , will have the added bonus of the Dunlop tennis roadshow , with Castle and other leading coaches topping the bill . |
| 14 | Chris , tall , lithe and manly , strips off and goes in for a swim in his panda-briefs . |
| 15 | And the miserable hotchpotch of confused ideas and pressures was quietly buried in the depths of her mind , just as a wilderness of plants dies down and goes underground for the winter . |
| 16 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |
| 17 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 18 | Famine at home did not deter the Tsars from exporting grain ; Stalin took a similarly hard-nosed approach , rationed consumption at home and sold abroad for the sake of political influence and foreign exchange . |
| 19 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 22 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 23 | She has deservedly won the respect of everyone in the field of movement and dance both for the Society and herself . |
| 24 | We live , act , move , are temporarily satisfied , enjoy and suffer principally for the satisfaction of desire . |
| 25 | Whether Darrel McHargue would have won on Commanche Run is irrelevant , for this was vintage Lester Piggott — the jockey completely at one with his horse , pushing it just enough to achieve maximum effort but always keeping it balanced , willing and galloping straight for the line . |
| 26 | She abandoned the half-formed thought as he went on , ‘ I was educated in England , and lived there for a number of years . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ said a high tenor voice , soft and mild in surprise , and apologising even for the surprise , ‘ but we do n't normally use this door , and especially at night . |
| 28 | A careful dusting off of the electronics , and a pull off and push back for every ribbon and power connector , restored reliable operation . |
| 29 | William Green came to live in Ambleside in 1800 , when he retired from surveying and map making , and painted there for the rest of his life . |
| 30 | 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 . |