Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women are peculiarly fitted for the onerous task of patiently and skilfully caring for the patient in faithful obedience to the physician 's orders . |
| 2 | Well I , I 'm having some difficulty in keeping my remarks addressed to question A and not drifting into question B because obviously Leeds City Council and perhaps speaking for the rest of West Yorkshire 's concerned about regeneration effects . |
| 3 | The mornings of Sunday and Monday were spent setting up the arena , putting in some dance and fight practice , and generally preparing for the show before the pre-show meeting . |
| 4 | I think you know I was con trying to concentrate on getting the facts over and doing it properly and not listening for the comments so much and thinking more you know what , what can I get out of this here erm |
| 5 | This can too easily move into saving endangered species and not caring for the Minke whales , the Harp seals , or the East African mammals . |
| 6 | A further small group of species prefer to live , male and female , in pairs , the bonding occurring on sexual maturity and normally extending for the life span of the individuals . |
| 7 | The fingerboard is wide and again lends itself well to rock styles , although if you 're into slinging guitars around your knees and just going for the chords there 's plenty of meat to get hold of . |
| 8 | ’ Powerful prose , and really fitting for The Wedding Present , who have always avoided preciousness and pretence , two qualities in which The Smiths wallowed . |
| 9 | Obviously their chance at the draw bag is now four to one instead of one hundred to one , and even allowing for the fact that they will undoubtedly be called lucky so and so 's for drawing well all the time , with odds of four to one it is not so surprising . |
| 10 | Apparently warming hugs can be most ungiving and greedily grasping for the self . |
| 11 | The children in groups of two , three or four , tackled an experiment of mixing hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide and then testing for the result and boiling the outcome to see what was left . |
| 12 | The Villani , were tenants of land not held on demesne by the Lord of the Manor , who payed rent partly in money but mostly by service such as finding horses , oxen , ploughs and labour at specified periods , and sometimes providing for the lords table . |
| 13 | ‘ I hoped you two silly dykes had realised Nirvana , but here you are , alone and palely loitering for the love of your Lucy-o ! |