Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 2 | Please can you look into this and arrange for the job to be finished as soon as possible . |
| 3 | Each one is a potential hypnotic and competes for the attention . |
| 4 | Potential defectors are asked to call Manhattan ( 212 ) 553-2700 and ask for the counterintelligence section at extension 3037 . ’ |
| 5 | He prepared the altar for Mass , opened the-door and waited for the small trickle of his congregation to enter . |
| 6 | I would have got the answer wrong and plumped for the gin riots . |
| 7 | Not that these two , makers of last year 's spunky , delirious , wankable ‘ Love And Life ’ album , are likely to get one , this being too bass-heavy and reggaeish for the world of Our Tune . |
| 8 | Determined , eager , brave and lusting for the real thing , |
| 9 | Mrs McNee said she had watched her children become disillusioned and despondent and feared for the long-term effects on their emotional as well as physical health . |
| 10 | With this statement , Roebuck was answering a question about his defence and , in particular , an unforgettable head-on tackle he effected when the All Black 's runaway rhino , no.8 Wayne Shelford , was huffing , puffing and snorting for the tryline when North Harbour played New South Wales just under 12 months ago . |
| 11 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 12 | I went back into the club proper and headed for the ‘ phone . |
| 13 | They left within two days of his release , leaving me tired , dazed , relieved and waiting for the Second Son to come ‘ home ’ for yet another week-end . |
| 14 | They were waiting to pounce , I know it ; that 's how they live ; they hang about in the dark , watching ( such a creature will see in the dark , never fear ) and listening and feeling for the minuscule rise in temperature and small vibrations which signal a passing vascular system , then they hop on board and they … suck . |
| 15 | Immortality is for Tithonus a punishment , it is cold and silent whereas death is warm and inviting for the old man . |
| 16 | The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act passed in 1985 mandated the federal government to balance the budget by 1991 and allowed for the sequestration of funds if President and Congress failed to reach agreement . |
| 17 | And then there 's a , a series of er oh and they add er er during the people 's governments or at or above the may in accordance with the local land agency set apart certain land bound to be nationalized and used for the establishment of experimental farms or one or more county 's or model state farms , so there 's provision for the creation of so a form of socialism over the countryside but it 's , it comes a long way down the list . |
| 18 | The quality of life that is appropriate and fitting for the neonate , young adult , handicapped man , and elderly woman are different . |
| 19 | The first one was still exploding through my cortex as I gulped the second and reached for the third . |
| 20 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
| 21 | The computer operator in the station made another call to the ambulance service telling them that the situation was very serious and asking for the estimated time of arrival of the ambulance . |
| 22 | Their achievements may be limited when compared with those of others , but they are no less real and fulfilling for the people concerned . |
| 23 | Training might be goal-directed , but education must be pure and undertaken for the sake of the ‘ growth ’ of the child . |
| 24 | The important thing is to steady yourself as much as possible and reach for the ground with one hand . |
| 25 | It sees no antithesis between the liberal and the technical and contends for the wider acceptance of the truth that the latter will be of no lasting value to the community unless the people of this country are adequately equipped to participate actively in its government and culture . |
| 26 | The defendants admitted the validity of the will of 30 June 1978 but contended that the deceased had duly executed a further testamentary paper being a first codicil on 18 April 1986 and counterclaimed for the pronouncement in solemn form for the codicil . |
| 27 | Keep weeded and watered for the rest of the summer , then move to their flowering positions in the autumn . |
| 28 | Examine Table 1.2 and consider for the period 1946 to 1983 : |
| 29 | The photograph was there , but where now were the people who had posed for it , stiff and unsmiling , in their clothes all washed and ironed for the occasion ? |
| 30 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |