Example sentences of "[vb past] and [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELOW : Guard , , society membership secretary is pictured with the carriages he designed and built for the railway . |
| 2 | In the previous section we described and accounted for the unequal distribution of wealth in Great Britain in terms of the ownership and control of forms of private productive property . |
| 3 | She rose and stooped for the shell . |
| 4 | Without a word , Roberts rose and headed for the service hatch . |
| 5 | When he realized that Adam was not one of his colleagues , he stopped and reached for the revolver in his belted holster . |
| 6 | He had greased himself in oil and he had cooked and broiled and yearned for the magic hours of noon and six when he could down a life-saving tumbler of gin and lime . |
| 7 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 8 | As they parked and headed for the open front door , a smiling woman in a dusky pink two-piece and with her silver hair caught back in a chignon appeared to welcome them . |
| 9 | Hampden fought and died for the sovereignty of Parliament . |
| 10 | We decided to use our green ballot box that we made and painted for the Maastricht campaign for people to post their cards into so that we can count them at the end and post them all together . |
| 11 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 12 | Then , apparently deciding that this was a special day , he turned and made for the thicket . |
| 13 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 14 | Baring his teeth in a soundless snarl of frustration and fury , he turned and ran for the opposite end of the alley , away from the oncoming car . |
| 15 | He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment . |
| 16 | Carol looked angrily at him , turned and headed for the door . |
| 17 | ‘ Poor sod , ’ he said to himself as he turned and headed for the others . |
| 18 | A pulse of pressure from behind threw them against the factor , he turned and jumped for the door , beat on it , it opened abruptly , and he fell inside . |
| 19 | She turned and started for the door . |
| 20 | Kate sighed and reached for the wine . |
| 21 | As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits . |
| 22 | Jack nodded and headed for the lift , followed by a determined Tina . |
| 23 | However at 2100 air attacks on the departing Fleet and convoy began and lasted for the next one and a half hours — torpedo-bombers attempted to attack down moon but were greeted by intense A.A. fire and were forced to turn away . |
| 24 | Whilst they rested and fed and waited for the skies to clear , we could enjoy their presence . |
| 25 | Somehow we escaped and made for the Wig and Dickle and suitable refreshments . |
| 26 | It is a creative process , not a past process and something which is just stored away and lost and kept for the future . |
| 27 | In Cambridge in the 1930s he ran a gallery of modern art with Julian Trevelyan , edited Shakespeare 's 1593 Quarto of Venus and Adonis , with Jacob Bronowski [ q.v. ] founded and wrote for the magazine Experiment , and designed sets and costumes for theatrical productions . |
| 28 | Nobody was hurt , but the congregation panicked and stampeded for the exit . |
| 29 | I panicked and reached for the door . |
| 30 | I shook and panicked and wept for the fist time since he 'd been born . |