Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dougal bent down for a closer look . |
| 32 | Rex moved in for a cuddle . |
| 33 | Paulus could sense it too as she moved in for the kill to claim a 2-6 , 6-4 , 6-3 victory . |
| 34 | And when she moved in for the kill she was as hard , and as final , as any of her male colleagues . |
| 35 | An advance group of undergraduates moved in for the Michaelmas Term . |
| 36 | But , as the striker moved in for the kill , the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle . |
| 37 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 38 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 39 | His eyes clouded over for a moment , and his voice became gruff . |
| 40 | Botha dropped an early goal , Ian Hunter thundered over for an unforgettable try , and Drikus Hattingh scored one for the tourists just before the break . |
| 41 | The goalkeeper was well beaten , but as the ball cannoned over for a goal kick and the chance went . |
| 42 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 43 | As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean . |
| 44 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 45 | We headed off for the north-east facing slopes of La Masse , hoping to find the best snow . |
| 46 | Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day . |
| 47 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 48 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 49 | Now he 'd lost that sense of fitting the rubrics which his kin and his province drew up for the proper conduct of a man like himself . |
| 50 | The Instruction ( Nakaz ) which Catherine personally drew up for the guidance of the deputies who made up this Commission was a conflation of ideas drawn , with little alteration , from West European writers , particularly Montesquieu and Beccaria . |
| 51 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 52 | We lined up for the final with the usual American din coming from the stands . |
| 53 | I lined up for the 100 metres at the AAA Championships and , lo and behold , everybody came out in similar outfits ! |
| 54 | Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’ |
| 55 | Macho Jose lined up for the same run at Leganes yesterday — and was wounded by another horn . |
| 56 | He had post-graduate study in Canada lined up for the following year and was looking for short-term employment . |
| 57 | Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football . |
| 58 | The afternoon audience steadily declined , built up for an hour or so in the late afternoon and then surrendered to TV , except for another late-night blip . |
| 59 | This being the case , we only indicate the means of production and means of consumption used up for the production of the means of destruction . |
| 60 | Speaking of all things Mexican , our ragga tipping acquaintances SL2 did n't have the best of times when they headed out for a Big Rave in the land of tequila . |