Example sentences of "and [subord] [pers pn] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although she listened for the sound of his steps , she did not hear them . |
| 2 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 3 | And if you go for the land reform , if you promise the peasants the land erm and you 're moving towards a position of , y you , you you 're still thinking exactly what your policy is but under that might come a a realization that absolute egalitarianism is the best way of doing this , look th th there is enough land for us to be able to do this , this is the simplest process which will guarantee for middle peasant status , it will bring their , their living standards up to acceptable levels . |
| 4 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 5 | However , as you have some discretion in these matters , Mr. Speaker , and while we wait for the Scottish electorate to remove the remainder of the Scottish Conservative party from this House , would it not be appropriate for you to give priority to Scottish Members at Scottish Question Time ? |
| 6 | Terry had to go back on Sunday night and before he left for the station hugged his mother and looked fearfully into her drawn face . |
| 7 | Even an ideal concept of income or consumption does not necessarily represent differences in opportunity sets ; and when we allow for the deviation of observable income , or consumption , from the ideal measure , the problems become still more severe . |
| 8 | If you are not too bothered erm , if you do n't know a priori where the break comes , you can just split the sample size in half and just estimate erm an equation for each , not less , you wo n't but the computer will , if you just specify half the sample size , right , and when it asks for the number of observations failure or Chow tests you just press the return key and it will use all the remaining observations , right , but when you are doing the empirical work you should always test for structural stability , right , and er either of Chow 's tests will , will suffice , right , but if you 've got a very small stock sample where there are fewer observations than there are parameters to be estimated you will have to use Chow 's second test failure . |
| 9 | ‘ I have to walk to the bus stop , and when I wait for the bus there 's some of them slag me off and they push you about . |
| 10 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 11 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 12 | We were bunched together in the semi-final of the 1976 Olympic 1500m in Montreal and as we went for the same small gap I felt his spike again my shin . |
| 13 | The next morning he came with me to the station , and as we waited for the train , we watched the crowds . |
| 14 | Naturally Terry had hard-line views on all this , and as we changed for the show on that charged night he proclaimed them to the entire cast , as if he were addressing a meeting . |
| 15 | If it detects an object , it improves definition by increasing the pulse rate to 25–50 per second , and as it swoops for the kill , the rate reaches an incredible 200 per second . |
| 16 | Anna reached the door and as she fumbled for the latch , Melody opened it from the other side . |