Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Miss Stoner put her hand over her eyes and cried for a minute . |
| 32 | Now close your eyes and aim for the bull ! |
| 33 | It was like the feeling he used to get when he played another game from his childhood ; that of closing his eyes and walking for a certain number of steps along , say , a wide path in a park . |
| 34 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 35 | She closed her eyes and concentrated for a second , shaking the blues from her thoughts . |
| 36 | In Britain the foreign office acquired a news department almost at once ; later two improvised bodies staffed largely by journalists and created for particular purposes , the Neutral Press Committee and the War Propaganda Bureau , were set up . |
| 37 | Rita , beautifully and accurately played by Judy Holt , fulfils her personal goals and craving for a knowledge-filled , disciplined mind . |
| 38 | He would linger on those delivery trips and stay for dinner or tea or come back via the Talbot , the pub across the road , although he was under age . |
| 39 | The road serves the village of Barashevo and sometimes the civilians have to stand behind the lines of the guards and wait for the columns of criminals to go by before they can proceed on their way . |
| 40 | An enclosed community guards and cares for an enclosed community and we the public gladly subcontract this duty , hoping that it will be carried out unseen and unheard . |
| 41 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 42 | When he drew he put aside all other considerations and reached for the truth . |
| 43 | Most of S6 apply to University , Polytechnics and Colleges and each pupil is seen individually so that the details of the applications can be discussed together with careers considerations and timetabling for S6 . |
| 44 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 45 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 46 | Iris picked up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom . |
| 47 | Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom , her mind retracing the events of the night . |
| 48 | The shabby ghosts of the Forster coterie waft out once more to pool their romantic gossip ; Forster himself shuffles forward to complain that Joe 's doings with one brawny menial have so put him off the lower classes that he has been obliged to travel first rather than third-class on a railway journey , and once again the air is full of that peculiarly spiritless twitter about guardsmen , homosexual tea parties and cure for pubic lice . |
| 49 | Sources predicted that there would be no sign of the frostiness which greeted Mr Spring 's suggestion , in a Guardian interview in July , that both Governments might have to bypass the parties and aim for joint rule . |
| 50 | But if you simply want to enjoy the birds , you will want to visit the Society 's reserves and see for yourself what wonderful places they are . |
| 51 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 52 | Now there were people putting hoods or sweaters or newspapers over their heads and running for the entrance . |
| 53 | Let us bow our heads and pray for God 's Blessing . |
| 54 | They spouted the need for hard line , no compromise , battle tactics and urged for the medium of roack/pop music to be used for propaganda purposes . |
| 55 | The Errol Flynn looks crumbled with age , and the man whose strike rate in first-class cricket was better than O'Reilly 's , Mailey 's or Grimmett 's entered the twilight world of trampdom under the bridges of the Yarra , drinking meths and fossicking for food in garbage-bins . |
| 56 | While the Consumer Credit Act licensing system imposed a restraint on credit traders and provided for criminal and financial sanctions against unlicensed trading , the Association was concerned in 1985 at the minority of creditors who were either unaware of , or careless of the existence of , the licensing system . |
| 57 | Detectives found group members would buy written-off cars and arrange for a vehicle of the same make and model to be stolen from Teesside , Humberside or North Yorkshire . |
| 58 | Yesterday West Yorkshire officers advised women to stay in their cars and wait for a patrol if they break down . |
| 59 | He was speaking during a special service on Tuesday to give thanks and blessing for the life of a hospital , whose hallmark has been the ‘ quality of its service . ’ |
| 60 | he said no if you want one , I 'll get one and then he said Julie 's work with Obart , works with the computers and works for Obart , like all the machines or something , when he comes in I said have you bought my hoover ? |