Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got his brother to look after the bar for an hour or so , bundled Maidstone into a taxi driven by a friend of his and set off for Maidstone 's apartment in the Vomero . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been lying to me and covering up for them all along . |
| 3 | They were asked to talk to them and find out for themselves about the families who had been thrown into such torment ; they were asked to talk about the children and about their lives at home . |
| 4 | He cut into some , re-laid them and refinished only for others to appear after that . |
| 5 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 6 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 7 | Now her duty was to her husband , who must guide her and guard her and speak out for her on all occasions . |
| 8 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 9 | She kicked out of the bikini-bottom that Fernando had succeeded in half tearing from her and struck out for the furthest end of the pool , laughter gripping her and weakening her limbs as he lashed out after her . |
| 10 | He acknowledges her humiliation by jumping out of his side of the car , coming round to hers , opening the door for her and waiting ostentatiously for her awkwardly to tuck her legs inside before closing it with a little bow . |
| 11 | I sit astride it and reach down for him . |
| 12 | There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow . |
| 13 | When we sat down for our sandwiches , I made him go away with the grisly thing , but we could still hear him crunching away behind a rock — first a crunch then a cough as he swallowed a feather , then another crunch then more coughs until he realised there was no future in it and came round for a sandwich . |
| 14 | He found it and clung there for a while , then pushed clear and knelt among the waves , head lowered . |
| 15 | The Hurricane lost it and flew round for five minutes , going down to 400 feet above the water to avoid appearing on the radar screens on nearby Italian-occupied islands . |