Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
| 2 | Opening the weather door 360 feet up and stepping out for the final 44 feet outside is , he says without particular emphasis , ‘ dramatic ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 5 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 6 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 7 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 8 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 9 | OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job . |
| 10 | Once the veneer of hunt balls and dressing up for the occasion is stripped away all you have left is a very cruel activity which is a disgrace to those of us who live in the modern world . |
| 11 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
| 12 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 13 | And watch out for the name Tomo Cesen figuring increasingly on the honours board of daring deeds . |
| 14 | ‘ At Elland Road I was expected to go and win the ball and that was about all they liked ! ! — get the ball up to the big front men and look around for the knock downs ’ ( Batts obviously did nt look very hard cos he did nt find many ! ! ) |
| 15 | He began to tidy it up and look around for the plastic bag . |
| 16 | Go down Via Francesco Sforza , and look out for the façade of the church of San Giovanni in Conca , the majority of what remains of a church that once stood in Piazza Missori . |
| 17 | And look out for the chough — a rare member of the crow family — which feeds on the clifftop vegetation . |
| 18 | Try to pick a line through the birch forest on the northern slopes and look out for the wreckage of a World War II aeroplane on the north-eastern side . |
| 19 | In some respects Kerrier may have constituted an exception , yet although the mean of £4.4 per head may need scaling down to take account of the multitude of labourers discovered and roped in for the subsidy , upwards of seven-tenths of the assessments made in 1522 were at £2 — £4 . |
| 20 | This is the kind of question which has no answer , since no difference between commitment and rhetoric will be discernable until refugees are faced with a real choice between some kind of a settlement falling short of the ideal and holding out for the ideal itself . |
| 21 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
| 22 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 23 | John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry . |
| 24 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 25 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 26 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 27 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 28 | She helped the younger woman to the kitchen , put her on a chair and looked round for the kettle . |
| 29 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 30 | But three minutes after the interval Leeds skipper Ellery Hanley took Schofield 's short pass to spin out of a tackle and go over for the try , goaled by Gallagher , which put Leeds in front for the first and only time in the game . |