Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Call me suspicious , but this implies that the crampon , far from adhering steadily to the spot upon which its owner has chosen to commit his or her weight , has decided it prefers an altogether different rock and has gone for a bit of a slide . |
| 2 | Kate obtains a copy of Sheila Kitzinger 's The New Good Birth Guide and Gordon Bourne 's Pregnancy and starts looking for a hospital that gets two stars and is nearby . |
| 3 | Faith 's day starts at around 6am when baby Jake wakes up and starts yelling for a feed . |
| 4 | and forms to sign for a petition . |
| 5 | Ada Younger is to go out to Zimbabwe in the late summer and hopes to arrange for a group from the church to go at a later date . |
| 6 | If she is sure that she would not qualify for a supplementary pension and wishes to apply for a rent rebate or allowance , an application form , and the information leaflet There 's Money off your Rent , can be obtained from the local authority Housing Department . |