Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb -s] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a vote is taken and everyone votes for the motion , the motion is said to be passed unanimously . |
| 2 | And she reaches for the knife . |
| 3 | She argues the case through a reading of a history painting ‘ Zeuxis Choosing his Models for the Painting of Helen of Troy ’ of the late 1770s in which one of the female figures stands behind the classical Greek artist and herself reaches for the chalk to start on the blank canvas beside her , and through a self portrait ‘ Angelica Kauffman Hesitating between the Arts of Music and Painting ’ ( 1794 ) . |
| 4 | He is 16 — around the age Roy was when he became a star — and he plays for the Melchester youth team . |
| 5 | Chatam had not been seen in public since finishing fourth to Sibton Abbey in the Hennessy at Newbury in November , and Pipe said yesterday : ‘ It was a fine run considering he had been off the course for so long and he goes for the Gold Cup with every chance . |
| 6 | And he prepares for the axe every time boss Walter Smith names a European Cup squad . |
| 7 | Every night Tip O'Neill drops by his bed and prays to the same God that you do and he prays for the strength that 's necessary the next day to defeat everything that you believe in . |
| 8 | This exception is directed at rationalizing the British Leyland case and it allows for the fact that persons who buy items of equipment may need replacement parts in time and should be able to obtain spare parts in a free market at reasonable cost . |
| 9 | And it seems for the churches we 'd then be looking up to point forty perc , fourteen percent for fifty thousand pounds . |
| 10 | In a diagram : There is a significant distinction in meaning between the two nevertheless , and it accounts for the use of the bare infinitive with the former . |