Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He preached before both Charles II and Cromwell and courageously reproved them for their sins . |
| 2 | Horst Urban , Continental 's boss , is unimpressed with Pirelli 's elaborate scheme and rightly sees it for what it is : a takeover . |
| 3 | The humour inheres not just in the daffy selection of cultural allusions ( their native French accordion , some flamenco guitar , a few African horns ) but also in the way they take stiff , formal tempi ( waltzes and tangos ) and mockingly squeeze them for their stateliness . |
| 4 | Conversely , eating the person 's body might indicate the ultimate contempt , in that you were degrading them completely : as you ate parts of the body you were mocking the person 's erstwhile vigour and simultaneously stealing it for your own use . |
| 5 | They will strive to validate it , and even prescribe it for you and everyone else : not just ‘ this is how we live ’ , but ‘ this is how one ought to live ’ . |
| 6 | Forster stood before the row of suits , hanging like a lie of petrified robots , and immediately recognised them for what they were ; instantly realised the enormous risk they might all be running , at least below decks . |
| 7 | Teachers no doubt have suspected it , and maybe known it for themselves , but it is a fact that a large number of children at present leave school at sixteen knowing less mathematics than when they entered at eleven . |
| 8 | My plan was to sit around and wait for one of the parish team to appear and then to ask them for their advice . |
| 9 | The adults extract oil from the sea-creatures they eat and then regurgitate it for their chicks . |
| 10 | This apart we are well , and again thank you for your prayers , support and love . |
| 11 | ‘ They ignored this question , and aggressively asked me for my name , address and my employer 's name . |