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 | She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up . |
| 5 | They stood together and posed for the pass , Alleyne relaxed and smiling , a tall , angular man who carried himself with natural elegance . |
| 6 | They attended art college together and co-habited for fifteen years . |
| 7 | They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time . |
| 8 | Several stems should be bunched together and planted for effect . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 11 | The three fighters stayed above and searched for defenders . |
| 12 | Coffee could be grown quickly , cheaply and easily and sold for cash . |
| 13 | He also warned delegates of the danger of the April 5 presidential coup in Peru [ see p. 38846 ] being repeated elsewhere and called for support for Cuba in the face of increased US economic sanctions [ see pp. 38858-59 ] . |
| 14 | A cut in the skin does potentially allow the entry of pathogens and for this reason even minor cuts and grazes should be attended to properly and observed for signs of infection . |
| 15 | A MOTHER who beat her baby daughter to death was convicted of murder yesterday and jailed for life . |
| 16 | Rachel 's former fiance Nick Yin , 29 , and friend Lee Kelly , 24 , were arrested by police yesterday and held for eight hours . |
| 17 | Licensed premises other than off-sale premises and clubs may obtain an extension of the permitted hours in the afternoon , in order to supply alcoholic liquor for consumption , as an ancillary to a table meal , in a part of the premises set aside and adapted for meals . |
| 18 | He called the RAC once more and arranged for the car to be taken to the edge of Brighton . |
| 19 | Mr Jameson went further and called for smoke detectors to be fitted to all homes in the private and publicly-rented sector . |
| 20 | They had got up early and gone for a swim in the reservoir , which was deserted and silk-smooth , with a pearly mist hovering a clear foot above its surface . |
| 21 | Next morning , Dot was surprised when Gloria got up early and left for the Housing Applicant Office the same time as she went to school . |
| 22 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 23 | As she watched , a small car drove slowly past and made for a cottage at the far end and on the other side of the narrow track . |
| 24 | For most applications , you can use a try square to set the table at 90° , but the table can be angled downwards and locked for sanding angles down to 45° . |
| 25 | As sediments settle out of the top freshwater now , they are caught by the bottom 's incoming salt now and returned for deposition at the mouths of the tributaries . |
| 26 | Financial and administrative constraints permitting , the proposed more open and formal systems of careers guidance , support , and appraisal could achieve much especially if , as proposed , they were reinforced by explicit fairness in appointments procedures from preregistration level upwards and monitored for ethnic and gender neutrality under the auspices of the NHS Management Executive . |
| 27 | In freezing temperatures and light snowfall , the enthusiastic and emotional crowd in Sofia heard Bulgaria 's most radical demands so far and called for the ousted leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , to stand trial for fraud and mismanagement . |
| 28 | His voice was low , but Oz slid off his chair immediately and made for the door . |
| 29 | With less than a minute of the second half played Cork again jumped into the lead with a Thomas Mulcahy goal but Wexford replied immediately and led for the first time when Eamonn Cleary had their only goal in the 37th minute . |
| 30 | It was very encouraging , however , that several of the younger players did very well and challenged for test places . |