Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Gysi had the advantage of being a completely new face in mainstream East German politics , after previously concentrating on defending dissidents and fighting for the recognition of opposition groups . |
| 2 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 3 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 4 | He closed his eyes and waited for the pupils to widen . |
| 5 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 6 | Now close your eyes and aim for the bull ! |
| 7 | The road serves the village of Barashevo and sometimes the civilians have to stand behind the lines of the guards and wait for the columns of criminals to go by before they can proceed on their way . |
| 8 | When he drew he put aside all other considerations and reached for the truth . |
| 9 | Iris picked up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom . |
| 10 | Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom , her mind retracing the events of the night . |
| 11 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 12 | Now there were people putting hoods or sweaters or newspapers over their heads and running for the entrance . |
| 13 | They spouted the need for hard line , no compromise , battle tactics and urged for the medium of roack/pop music to be used for propaganda purposes . |
| 14 | He was speaking during a special service on Tuesday to give thanks and blessing for the life of a hospital , whose hallmark has been the ‘ quality of its service . ’ |
| 15 | Early one morning they tied their stripy woven bags of Tibetan salt on to the yaks and left for the south . |
| 16 | The mania for forming industry consortia is getting so out of hand that a group of leading manufacturers , software developers and vendors are coming together to make some sense of it and eliminate duplicated effort by creating a single consortium to which everyone will be invited to belong : there is no confirmation of suggestions that the idea was the first initiative from new IBM Corp chief Louis Gerstner , who accedes to the top job today , but we hear that the army of companies is still bogged down arguing about what to call the thing — the best they 've dreamed up so far is the Consortium for Object-oriented Methods and Programming for the Unix Terminal and Enterprise-wide Recasting of Interactive Networked Database Undertakings with Software Transitioning and Revision for Y'all , but they ca n't find a snappy acronym to fit the words . |
| 17 | On behalf of all local authority caterers , I thank Joe Hyam for his kind words and support for the local authority caterers . |
| 18 | At the end of the year , like most folk , even QP members , we take stock of the events in the past months and plan for the future . |
| 19 | As she dropped to the ground in a crouch , preparing to make another attempt at the obstacle , Frankie turned on his heels and raced for the house . |
| 20 | You get the end of season and it 's if you look at the labels and go for the decent labels then you do n't get sort of , quite reasonable quality . |
| 21 | My hands left the gun hanging in mid-air above my knees and went for the catapult , which as always was hanging on my belt , the arm-rest stuck down between that and my cords . |
| 22 | He stoutly resisted these demands and campaigned for the retention of the tramways . |
| 23 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 24 | There were heated exchanges inside the GNA on April 22 , and a number of opposition deputies submitted their resignations and called for the GNA 's dissolution . |
| 25 | Iris picked up the tray of coffee mugs and headed for the kitchen , then stopped short . |
| 26 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |
| 27 | ‘ Aye , Mrs Urvill , ’ the girl said , taking out some keys and heading for the mini . |
| 28 | An essential element in job creation is the provision of training for school leavers and retraining for the long term unemployed . |
| 29 | That done , the wee dandy , roofed by a wig of blazing defiance , hooked thumbs into his waistcoat pockets and sauntered for the bar-top city heights . |
| 30 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |