Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Helena Swanwick became a close friend of C. P. Scott [ q.v. ] and his wife Rachel , and over the next eighteen years wrote and reviewed regularly for the Manchester Guardian on domestic and feminist subjects and gardening . |
| 32 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 33 | As they finally leave the city and head out for the open road , Billy the Kid says , ‘ We made it , did n't we ? ’ |
| 34 | An attack would have been tantamount to committing suicide , so reluctantly Stirling gave orders to leave the town and head back for the rendezvous with the LRDG . |
| 35 | The novelist and his wife cross themselves and apologise incongruously for the ‘ terrorists in our country ’ . |
| 36 | In this context , this means used and disclosed only for the purposes for which it is compiled , or for which authority is given , or with the donor 's consent or for certain other limited purposes . |
| 37 | And appearing only for the defence has always seemed too easy an option . |
| 38 | The Rentcharges Act 1977 prohibited the creation of further rent-charges , and provided also for the extinguishment of all existing rentcharges at the end of sixty years starting on 22 July 1977 , or on the date the rentcharge first became payable , whichever is later . |
| 39 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 40 | See how , sometimes , the largest fish will hover at the tail-end of the shoal , while his tasters — or so it seems — accept almost every likely-looking morsel , only to leave some morsels alone as though there was something special about them , and fit only for the King . |
| 41 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 42 | When Bathsheba ran out of the house the previous night , Troy first replaced the coffin lid , then went upstairs to lie on his bed and wait miserably for the morning . |
| 43 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 44 | OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job . |
| 45 | Once the veneer of hunt balls and dressing up for the occasion is stripped away all you have left is a very cruel activity which is a disgrace to those of us who live in the modern world . |
| 46 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
| 47 | But even if he chose lucky and came straight for the exit I had taken , I reckoned I could make at least twenty yards before he would open the door behind me . |
| 48 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 49 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 50 | Franco , however , instinctively rejected the risks involved in an audacious operation and opted instead for the less ambitious objective of driving a wedge between the city and its northern line of defence , in the Guadarrama mountains , by severing the road and rail communications north-westwards out of the city , towards La Coruña . |
| 51 | I wanted to fight back and do well for the team |
| 52 | With higher power , you need more light , so bigger lenses — so try 8x30 , 8x40 , 10x40 or 10x50 at a good store , and shop around for the best price . |
| 53 | and put away for the |
| 54 | Mitchell is amongst those who argue against Firestone and hold out for the continuing relevance of Freud 's work . |
| 55 | Amnesty International considers Jampa Ngodrup to be a prisoner of conscience , detained and sentenced solely for the peaceful exercise of his right freely to receive and impart information . |
| 56 | More than 350 fabric swatches were knitted and photographed especially for the book , many of them the author 's own invention . |
| 57 | But it was the first time these five principles had been drawn together and proclaimed specifically for the Gulf . |
| 58 | 17.18 All pupils should be expected to keep a file containing work in progress , as well as completed pieces , which may need to be selected and filed separately for the purposes of moderation and final assessment . |
| 59 | And heavens knows , once launched it 's all too hard to turn back and look again for the missed trace . |
| 60 | Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor . |