Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
| 2 | This followed a complaint alleging that he had issued a buffet receipt to two young passengers in lieu of a travel ticket and failed to account for the £5 received . |
| 3 | At times he would claim that his father had been lashed in front of the town and put in the stocks for poaching a salmon , and told to pray for the soul of Lord I — whose goodness had saved him from the hanging he deserved . |
| 4 | Sampras will finish the year in 81st place , Courier a more respectable 24th , but in doubles they have eclipsed their more renowned contemporaries and deserved to qualify for the Masters when Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were forced to withdraw at the last minute . |
| 5 | The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party denounced the name change and vowed to fight for the right to continue to use its name . |
| 6 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 7 | The King left the kitchen and began to look for the food . |
| 8 | I turned and started to head for the dunes at a slow run . |
| 9 | At about 10,000ft ( 3300m ) we broke out of the trees into an area of grassland that looked vaguely like a Scottish moor and decided to camp for the night . |
| 10 | Preston drained his glass and decided to go for the bottle in the next interlude . |
| 11 | They left the hospital and went to wait for the bus . |
| 12 | He switched off the little girl on Terry Wogan and went to look for the Sturgeon . |
| 13 | Spontaneity was given organised form on 11 October when antislavery delegates from Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Gloucester , Taunton , Devizes and Westbury met at Bath and resolved to work for the end of apprenticeship by August 1838 . |