Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] for [art] [noun] " 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 | " Come and sit here for a bit . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | None of this could detract from the supremacy of Williams , as Mansell and Patrese dominated the field and scrapped fiercely for the lead . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Gather up your belongings and make calmly for the door . |
| 10 | He cuts out the middle men and women — the dreaded parents — and goes straight for the hearts and minds of kids . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She has deservedly won the respect of everyone in the field of movement and dance both for the Society and herself . |
| 15 | We live , act , move , are temporarily satisfied , enjoy and suffer principally for the satisfaction of desire . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She abandoned the half-formed thought as he went on , ‘ I was educated in England , and lived there for a number of years . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Their venture had been from start to finish " planned by the woollen interests , financed from the profits of that trade and built predominantly for the needs of the woollen industry . " |
| 21 | John was full of invention , always making up steps and sequences which he called by odd names : for instance a stamping step he called ‘ Sherman tanks ’ , which he devised for the zephyrs in Primavera and used again for the unicorns in Harlequin in April . |
| 22 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of Use or in any restriction of driving to specified persons in this Policy the indemnity to the Policyholder in connection with any motor car described in the Schedule shall operate while such motor car is in the custody or control of a member of the Motor Trade and used only for the purpose of its overhaul upkeep or repair . |
| 23 | Helena Swanwick became a close friend of C. P. Scott [ q.v. ] and his wife Rachel , and over the next eighteen years wrote and reviewed regularly for the Manchester Guardian on domestic and feminist subjects and gardening . |
| 24 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 25 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 26 | In East Africa a gracile and a robust form of man–ape seem to have coincided and overlapped ecologically for a time — perhaps in a manner comparable to chimpanzees and gorillas in certain areas of their ranges today . |
| 27 | It is here that the rich and super-rich moor their magnificent multi-million pound floating palaces and slip ashore for a glass of bubbly or two . |
| 28 | In this context , this means used and disclosed only for the purposes for which it is compiled , or for which authority is given , or with the donor 's consent or for certain other limited purposes . |
| 29 | And appearing only for the defence has always seemed too easy an option . |
| 30 | The Rentcharges Act 1977 prohibited the creation of further rent-charges , and provided also for the extinguishment of all existing rentcharges at the end of sixty years starting on 22 July 1977 , or on the date the rentcharge first became payable , whichever is later . |