Example sentences of "[vb -s] for a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what goes for a right and a liberty is also true of the other cornerstones of moral language : duty , obligation , right , wrong . |
| 2 | She pauses for a moment and the van overflows with the sound of helpless male laughter . |
| 3 | When she learns that her fiancé is sleeping with his ex-wife , she advertises for a roommate and selects the seemingly sympathetic Leigh . |
| 4 | He reaches for a booklet and starts to flip through it . |
| 5 | It is not entirely clear why the end of such features grows for a period and then is recurved back towards the coast . |
| 6 | Hourcade condemned it as un-French : ‘ our tradition calls for a subject and the originality of Cubism lies precisely in its rejection of the anecdote in order to rediscover the subject ’ ; and he repudiated the idea that all the painters of the Section d'Or had renounced natural appearances : ‘ … it is absolutely false to say that all these painters are turning their backs on nature and want only to produce pure painting . ’ |
| 7 | After handing her his gloves , hat and coat , he walks into the drawing room , calls for a sherry and says , ‘ Evening dearest , what 's on tonight ? ’ |
| 8 | The problem is that the child throws toys every time he asks for a biscuit and is refused . |
| 9 | I had taken a package tour to Moscow and Leningrad primarily for the White Nights Festival of the Arts in June — an annual event of Soviet cultural life when the sun hardly sets for a fortnight and old men sit in the public gardens for half the night playing speed-chess . |
| 10 | But for some cats — especially Siamese — it continues for a lifetime and is extremely difficult to eradicate . |
| 11 | The counter , and other doors are attractively finished in Ash wood which makes for a light and airy ambience . |
| 12 | A fifth member of the family , Steve , works for a contractor and daughter Marie is employed by the AEA . |
| 13 | It becomes interesting when it seems that Jane might hit Tom , or when one of them stops for a moment and thinks . |