Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 2 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 3 | Our fleet now consisted of three " V " vessels , Venturous , Vigilant and Valiant , all well equipped , modern , purpose-built patrol boats which were worked hard and served us well for the next ten years . |
| 4 | Pulling the centre-half back left a gap in midfield which needed a link man to pick up passes from defence and lay them on for the forwards . |
| 5 | But like that A lot of families had them and kept them just for the family . |
| 6 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 7 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 8 | Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day . |
| 9 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 10 | However , the party did not follow this line ; otherwise they would have opposed independence for the more advanced Poland , Finland , the Baltic States and the Ukraine , and supported it only for the more backward minorities . |
| 11 | An exhausted Anabelle ambled to the gate and squeezed herself under for the last time . |
| 12 | They knocked him off and dressed me up for the suit with arrows . ’ |
| 13 | But on what grounds will a teacher identify a pupil as F , and put him in for the F exam ? |
| 14 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 15 | all the the tatties boiled tatties and chopped it up for the hens . |