Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had heard that a couple who lived across the road from us , Maureen and Aubrey Edwards , took in and cared for injured birds . |
| 2 | So the woman took him in and cared for him . |
| 3 | At that moment Mauleverer tottered in and made for the armchair beside the fire . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | He reeled in and prepared for another cast , seeming absorbed by his task . |
| 6 | Mothers kept their children away from us , and were grateful when we had checked in and gone for a coffee . |
| 7 | The 15-acre Herculaneum Dock , two miles from Liverpool city centre , was filled in and reclaimed for the International Garden Festival . |
| 8 | The gallery on this inn is now built in and used for staff bedrooms , but the balusters can be seen . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The carts had been washed down and polished for the day 's event . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ! ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Close by are four more being washed down and wrapped for burial . |
| 20 | Few men go through the experience of seeing their entire career , worked on and nurtured for years of effort , scattered in small and irrecoverable pieces at their feet . |
| 21 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
| 22 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 23 | Eventually a further final , concurrent budget resolution has to be voted on and submitted for the president 's signature , theoretically in time for the beginning of the financial year on 1 October . |
| 24 | And that volcanic streak was responsible for his rash announcement last December to retire after he was sent off and banned for four games at his last French club , Nimes . |
| 25 | The incident was highlighted on Sky TV and spotted by the club 's committee when they watched a video of the clash between John Devereux and Keith England in the same match which resulted in both men being sent off and banned for two games . |
| 26 | It could be scraped off and used for frying and baking . |
| 27 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 28 | The villages of Yater and Kafra were seized by Israeli troops , and buildings were blown up and searched for rockets ; 25 Lebanese and two Israelis were reported killed and four members of the Fijian contingent of UNIFIL were wounded , two of them seriously . |
| 29 | Thérèse sat up and fumbled for the light-switch that dangled from a cord beside the bed . |
| 30 | The kitchen then became a hive of industry , with the fat being cut up and rendered for lard , kept in a big earthenware pot . |