Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Come and sit here for a bit . |
| 2 | Charlotte strained her ears to hear whether he would slip out by the side door and make straight for the garage at the rear of the house for his car , but instead she heard the crisp , light rapping of his heels on the oak staircase . |
| 3 | Gather up your belongings and make calmly for the door . |
| 4 | She has deservedly won the respect of everyone in the field of movement and dance both for the Society and herself . |
| 5 | We live , act , move , are temporarily satisfied , enjoy and suffer principally for the satisfaction of desire . |
| 6 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 7 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 8 | It is here that the rich and super-rich moor their magnificent multi-million pound floating palaces and slip ashore for a glass of bubbly or two . |
| 9 | See how , sometimes , the largest fish will hover at the tail-end of the shoal , while his tasters — or so it seems — accept almost every likely-looking morsel , only to leave some morsels alone as though there was something special about them , and fit only for the King . |
| 10 | ‘ I was quite prepared to play in the reserves , and wait patiently for an opportunity . |
| 11 | When Bathsheba ran out of the house the previous night , Troy first replaced the coffin lid , then went upstairs to lie on his bed and wait miserably for the morning . |
| 12 | Contracts should be structured so that if the company does n't release any recordings during a certain contract year , the artist has the option to terminate the agreement and look elsewhere for a record deal . |
| 13 | They chatter together like fiesty and excited skunks , and look constantly for the opportunity to move in . |
| 14 | ‘ And the true order of going , or being led by another , to the things of love , is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty , using these as steps only … ’ |
| 15 | The absence of demand for industrial development forced MDC to abandon its original strategy and opt instead for a tourist and leisure based strategy . |
| 16 | and on his own , and said to mum , come up here and get away for the weekend , cos it 's a hell of a burden to carry , with no release , I mean even going on holiday , she has to book it , organise his packing , wash it , you name it , . |
| 17 | The section only applies to public houses ( for meaning of " public house , " see s.139(1) ) in respect of which applications for Sunday opening have not been granted under Sched. 4 , and , in respect of which , part of the premises have been adapted and set aside for the provision of the customary main meal at mid-day or in the evening or both , The procedure for applying the section to the premises is similar to the procedure under 5,57 , Before a licence-holder can apply the section to his premises , he has to obtain a declaration of satisfaction from the licensing board that part of his premises are adapted and used or intended to be used for habitually providing the customary main meal at mid-day or in the evening and that the adapted part does not contain a bar counter ( subs . |
| 18 | I shall invite Roirbak and Malamute here for a meeting to give you more freedom . |
| 19 | ‘ They will arrive at twelve and stay probably for an hour and a half or so . |
| 20 | He found that he enjoyed going to a parish to confirm the children , or to institute a new incumbent , and stay afterwards for the sausage rolls or sandwiches at the bunfight and chat up the people with a mixture of silence and belly-bumping laughter and beams all round and leg-pulling but with care and affection . |
| 21 | The young woodlice hatch in this pouch and stay there for a while . |
| 22 | The saddles are neat and trim , and stay there for a week to ten days . |
| 23 | Right now she 'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and stay there for a week , sleeping her troubles away . |
| 24 | They 're especially pleased because artists of Springsteen 's stature normally head straight for Wembley and stay there for a week . |
| 25 | The only thing they wanted to hear was that the prophet had said that everyone could go to Zap Zone and stay there for the rest of their natural lives . |
| 26 | And you had to get out on the floor that catered for your particular dominant moral propensity , and stay there for the whole of Eternity . |
| 27 | We ca n't just nip on a coach and go somewhere for the day . |
| 28 | In 1839 Wellington persuaded him to resign from the Duchess of Kent 's household and go abroad for a time . |
| 29 | I need a lot of practice , too , but if I 'm in two minds on the range , I tone down the practice , get through the week and go home for a lesson . |
| 30 | He used to stay at his club during the week , and go home for the weekends . ’ |