Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Position the track at least 220 cm high and allow for it to be slightly wider than the headboard . |
| 2 | Raise heat to very high and cook for 3–4 minutes , shaking pan . |
| 3 | Membership is automatic if you are at least 16 years old and work for 30 hours or more per week . |
| 4 | You are eligible to join providing you are at least 16 years old and work for 15 hours or more per week . |
| 5 | Not that these two , makers of last year 's spunky , delirious , wankable ‘ Love And Life ’ album , are likely to get one , this being too bass-heavy and reggaeish for the world of Our Tune . |
| 6 | Under 12 stay free and pay for meals as taken . |
| 7 | And , like a little child , he stopped being careful and tense for a moment and said what was in his head , quite simply . |
| 8 | So if you 're Afro-American , female , below the age of 12 and with the next Do The Right Thing in the back of your mind , call Universal and ask for Spike . |
| 9 | They will highlight their plight at UNCED and call for greater urgency in efforts to combat the greenhouse effect . |
| 10 | It was Welsh rugby at its best and it proved to be much too quick , clever and alert for a Baa-Baas side boasting five current Springbok squad members , three Namibian internationals and a host of top Provincial players from the Republic . |
| 11 | If you 're going for 7–0 tomorrow , I 'll be a bit more cautious and go for 2–0 . |
| 12 | For special occasions , you can be more extravagant and go for dramatic , impressive displays . |
| 13 | They are competitively priced children 's books which are both entertaining and instructive and cater for all age groups . |
| 14 | In Britain , its 20,000 people belong to small local congregations , whose services are generally simple and rely for their music chiefly upon hymns and chorales . |
| 15 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
| 16 | We either say we are serious and look for ways to achieve that or we say we 've failed . |
| 17 | ‘ I used to get up very early and go for walks while my aunt was still asleep , ’ Miss Honey said . |
| 18 | Predictably the latter stages were nervous and tense for Luton and the visitors might have levelled in the 73rd minute . |
| 19 | After that , his senses remained strained and alert for several hundred paces , but there was no more hint of a shadow , and as he moved away from the busier streets he became increasingly confident that he was alone . |
| 20 | Then as the evening goes on they begin to understand him and at the end they genuinely feel sorry and care for him . |
| 21 | The important thing is to steady yourself as much as possible and reach for the ground with one hand . |
| 22 | Grip lashes with the curlers as close to the roots as possible and hold for five seconds , then repeat halfway down the lashes . |
| 23 | The Corporal said , ‘ We will have to lie low and wait for dark . |
| 24 | So as prostitutes are being deterred from Swindon by big fines and clear up campaigns , they 're taking the problem elsewhere ; to the cities like London , where the fines are low and demand for their work is high . |
| 25 | Its tip can stay alive and grow for many days , thereby increasing its chances of meeting a host . |
| 26 | Keep fit and run for the charity which values your contribution |
| 27 | Keep fit and run for the charity which values your contribution |
| 28 | After public meetings in London , Cardiff Bristol , Southampton , Hull , Glasgow , Grimsby , Dublin and Manchester , flags were issued by the union bearing the inscription : War Is Now Declared : Seamen Strike Hard and Strike for Liberty on 14th June 1911 . |
| 29 | The players are not frightened to work hard and graft for each other , and the know-how of people like Dennis Wise , Andy Townsend and Mal Donaghy is complemented by the pace of younger players like Eddie Newton . |
| 30 | In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions . |