Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got out of bed suddenly and fumbled for some money . |
| 2 | Strapped for cash , he hurried inside and bartered for sex by handing over the silver watch given him by his sick father . |
| 3 | As Rex was currently at about five on the scale of ten he left Laura to steam gently and made for the cocktail cabinet . |
| 4 | I had heard that a couple who lived across the road from us , Maureen and Aubrey Edwards , took in and cared for injured birds . |
| 5 | So the woman took him in and cared for him . |
| 6 | At that moment Mauleverer tottered in and made for the armchair beside the fire . |
| 7 | So many of you have written in and asked for help with this game , I 've decided to print a few more hints ( thanks go to Richard Lupton , Mark Latham and Ewen Nicholson for this stuff ) . |
| 8 | He reeled in and prepared for another cast , seeming absorbed by his task . |
| 9 | Mothers kept their children away from us , and were grateful when we had checked in and gone for a coffee . |
| 10 | The 15-acre Herculaneum Dock , two miles from Liverpool city centre , was filled in and reclaimed for the International Garden Festival . |
| 11 | The gallery on this inn is now built in and used for staff bedrooms , but the balusters can be seen . |
| 12 | Rotas for house cleaning , loo disinfecting , washing up , cooker cleaning and decisions about kitty and shopping for basic shared commodities such as tea , coffee , loo paper , need to be clearly written down and displayed for all to see . |
| 13 | Their expectations are high because many of them have , until recently , had a middle-class life and outlook ( ie. the East African Asians ) and because , unlike the British working class , they have not been ground down and prepared for their jobs by the British education system . |
| 14 | The carts had been washed down and polished for the day 's event . |
| 15 | Even when it was declared to be worth twenty-one shillings in 1717 it was undervalued ; silver coins were exported to India where their value was still high , or to Amsterdam where they could be melted down and exchanged for gold , and Britain moved inadvertently to a gold standard . |
| 16 | She rose from her chair at the little antique bureau which stood in the attic window space , bent down and fumbled for the catch of the secret drawer which she had found there . |
| 17 | Even if the re-sale value of your car is low , think how much it would be worth stripped down and sold for parts — the criminal has . |
| 18 | What was once a visual statement of security in the form of dowry jewellery or even rank , marvellous skilled and beautiful objects , are being melted down and sold for scrap every day ! ! |
| 19 | They also get the tusks and the bristles which they sell or barter in India , and a large proportion of the fat , which can be rendered down and used for cooking , or dried and preserved to smear on cuts and bruises . |
| 20 | and erm and erm I would really formally ask the board if , if there is any objection to our deliberations being recorded and taken down and used for another purpose . |
| 21 | Jerking the trigger instead of squeezing it with a steady pressure , meant the gun muzzle being pulled slightly down and left for the first shot . |
| 22 | Close by are four more being washed down and wrapped for burial . |
| 23 | She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up . |
| 24 | They stood together and posed for the pass , Alleyne relaxed and smiling , a tall , angular man who carried himself with natural elegance . |
| 25 | They attended art college together and co-habited for fifteen years . |
| 26 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 27 | Several stems should be bunched together and planted for effect . |
| 28 | In May 1529 , Henry decided to wait no longer and arranged for Wolsey to hear the case under his own legatine authority at a court at Blackfriars in London . |
| 29 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 30 | The three fighters stayed above and searched for defenders . |