Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although born and bred in the country and reinstalled there for the past 30 years , I fear I am not a proper countryman ; London has dished me . |
| 2 | Lady Grace bridal gowns from Sposa Bella Manufacturing Ltd are designed and made especially for the larger bride in sizes 18–30 . |
| 3 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 4 | It was only when this war was settled , and England embarked on a period of forty years of almost unbroken peace , that settlement began in North America and in the West Indies , and that trade with India became regular and organized enough for the English to set up trading posts there . |
| 5 | It 's fizzing everywhere ! ’ as eighteen-year-old Andrew appeared from the laundry and raced desperately for the six tall flutes arranged on the counter-top in the kitchen . |
| 6 | And as the afternoon wore on , she relaxed and talked freely for the first time in weeks . |
| 7 | The boy was flushed and gleaming with exercise and haste , his eyes bright , his cheeks freshly scrubbed , his dress a suit in rich Flemish cloth , long ago outgrown by Isambard 's younger son , and re-fashioned now for the involuntary guest . |
| 8 | She swung the boot cover up and reached inside for the two carrier bags of supplies . |
| 9 | Cork hit the post in a desperate finish , but Quakers were caught on the break with only two minutes left when Warren Joyce broke down the right and crossed perfectly for the unmarked Jepson , who only minutes before had a goal ruled out for offside , to grab his second from close range . |
| 10 | He lived and played and wrote and toured frenetically for the next couple of years , working night and day — with just a little help from Benzedrine , Methedrine , and anything else that would speed him up or slow him down . |
| 11 | We went on to the Rio Coatzacoalcos , and searched here for the Yellow Sword . |
| 12 | They had enough food and wine , and stayed there for the next five days . |
| 13 | When he found the door , he pulled off his dressing-gown and pyjamas , turned the handle , slipped inside and dived rapturously for the recumbent figure beneath the bedclothes . |