Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The works , in whatever medium , must be self-sufficient and stand up for themselves . |
| 2 | Whether Darrel McHargue would have won on Commanche Run is irrelevant , for this was vintage Lester Piggott — the jockey completely at one with his horse , pushing it just enough to achieve maximum effort but always keeping it balanced , willing and galloping straight for the line . |
| 3 | He was found later on one of the rugby pitches soaking wet and scrambling around for his bag of tools . |
| 4 | Around fifty works of art will include : four Eastern Zhou bronze vessels dating from the fifth century BC , cast in two different alloys of bronze and inlaid with a design incorporating small pieces of malachite , paste and copper wire ; a bronze male figure of the third to fourth century BC , supporting a candlestick ; of a similar date and from a royal treasury is a bronze and silver ox inlaid with a complex pattern of curved scrolls ; a gold and turquoise garment-hook in the form of three intertwined dragons ; a group of Tang figures including an ochre camel in unglazed earthenware ; and a twelfth-century carved wooden figure of a seated Bodhisattva , last shown in London at Eskenazi 's in 1972 and purchased back for this exhibition . |
| 5 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |
| 6 | He said later he saw the 109s and took off for home . |
| 7 | The needle crept steadily up to Mach .99 and hung there for several seconds . |
| 8 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
| 9 | It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles . |
| 10 | In the meantime it remains unused and sealed off for much of the year . |
| 11 | His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun . |
| 12 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 13 | In this context , this means used and disclosed only for the purposes for which it is compiled , or for which authority is given , or with the donor 's consent or for certain other limited purposes . |
| 14 | As well as providing a dry and secure home for your car , garages may also act as a store for ladders , lawnmowers and kids ' bikes and maybe even a workshop utility room |
| 15 | There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place . |
| 16 | The government ended up both being unpopular and paying more for local government . |
| 17 | A procedure adopted by some authorities to estimate recurrent expenditure is to assume that user needs and the number of new titles required are fairly constant and to allow simply for an increase in the price of materials . |
| 18 | But even if he chose lucky and came straight for the exit I had taken , I reckoned I could make at least twenty yards before he would open the door behind me . |
| 19 | This he accepted in 1862 and remained there for the rest of his life , being left free to pursue his own research . |
| 20 | You are happily filling your basket with the week 's groceries when you turn the corner into the next aisle and suddenly you see a roaring lion , its teeth glistening , open-mouthed and heading straight for you . |
| 21 | This is the kind of question which has no answer , since no difference between commitment and rhetoric will be discernable until refugees are faced with a real choice between some kind of a settlement falling short of the ideal and holding out for the ideal itself . |
| 22 | Kate Miskin pushed open the first door on the left and stood aside for Dalgliesh and Massingham to enter . |
| 23 | He had campaigned assiduously for Goldwater in 1964 and worked hard for Republican candidates in the difficult year of 1966 . |
| 24 | Both handled conditions well , Andrew 's Minstrel pulling eight lengths clear of Thuhool and Stirrup Cup making all and jumping well for a 20 lengths win over market rival Kingfisher Bay . |
| 25 | This was all very encouraging and bodes well for 1993 . |
| 26 | Look out for new products and colours , but remember to go with what you feel looks good and works best for you . |
| 27 | Now financially secure , he and Emma married and set out for France , their first holiday abroad . |
| 28 | It was only when this war was settled , and England embarked on a period of forty years of almost unbroken peace , that settlement began in North America and in the West Indies , and that trade with India became regular and organized enough for the English to set up trading posts there . |
| 29 | Musically — forget it , but the spot effects are great and make up for the poor acoustic tones . |
| 30 | Japan had previously been the largest single user of the nets , up to 50 km long and intended primarily for catching tuna , squid and pink salmon , but fiercely criticized by environmentalists as " walls of death " which caused widespread unintentional deaths of marine mammals and other sea creatures . |