Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb base] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The incident provided excitement and argument for some weeks in Huaiwiri , and much work for Salah Muhammad , even though the girls of the first cohort were nearing the end of their course . |
| 2 | Do n't expect everything to be crystal clear , or cut and dried for Monday 's one of those times when you have to take the lead and not wait for folk to spell things out in words of one syllable . |
| 3 | If not , let us put our own house in order and not wait for others to do it for us . |
| 4 | That takes time , but also requires scale : so long as the car makers ' output — and thus demand for parts — is small , it is hard to force suppliers to change their ways . |
| 5 | You know , as we sit back and just wait for God to bless us we 'll wait an awful long time . |
| 6 | Geneva , Switzerland : Courtaulds Fibres Cellulosics is planning its biggest and best stand for years at the Index exhibition from April 20–23 , showing both viscose and Tencel . |
| 7 | She in fact demonstrated what I have elsewhere argued ( Watson 1987 : 14 – 16 ) is at the basis of all education worthy of the name — a quality of five-fold respect , namely for oneself — a proper self-affirmation ; for all other people as persons like oneself ; for the total environment in which we find ourselves , both natural and cultural ; for beauty , delighting in experiencing a sense of awe and wonder ; and finally respect for truth which , however difficult to attain , needs to be like a beacon beckoning us forward . |
| 8 | Since the Government have supported independence in Russia , Lithuania and other parts of the world , when the people of Scotland democratically and peacefully vote for independence , what will the Government say to them ? |
| 9 | It is possible for employees on housing visits to begin the process of buying property here and also arrange for service flats to be ready for their arrival in Britain . |
| 10 | If a subject has more than one name , a library catalogue or index must bring all material on that subject together ( within the limitations of the scope of the collection or index ) under one of those names , and also cater for users who use different names . |
| 11 | " Only that you are unhappy and probably care for Mr Amsterdam in quite a different way . " |
| 12 | It might have been a very worthy course to stay in England and incessantly work for peace : but I had one traditionally acquired or inherited prejudice , which many will think foolish and which may be logically diffilcult to defend . |
| 13 | They have even given up their company cars and now tout for business in the firm 's delivery van . |
| 14 | Before the patients go back to the ward , they will pat their faces back into place and often ask for reassurance that no-one will be told . |
| 15 | Besides the destruction of their habitat caused by dam building , silt and pollutant discharges into rivers , and the effects of boat traffic , the dolphins have also had to contend with accidental capture in fisheries , directed hunts for food and other uses , and even capture for display in overseas aquaria . |
| 16 | It is my contention that we do n't sit back and simply allow for peace to develop , and we go and keep that peace . |
| 17 | How dare you make these offensive statements and then ask for money to support you . |
| 18 | But , if it had been either of these , how would they get into the Tower , mysteriously ring a tocsin bell and then arrange for Mowbray 's fall ? |
| 19 | I am told you have bought up a large quantity of corn lately , which has been the means of raising the price of corn to such a degree , as to incense the tinners so much against you … that I am credibly informed no less than a thousand of them will be with you tomorrow early : they are first to assemble at Chacewater and then proceed for Falmouth . |
| 20 | Right , and Templepatrick and then sign for Antrim then R T on left . |
| 21 | An alternative approach to targeting that is particularly suited to low risk areas is offered by rapid tests : first identify the risk during labour and then test for carriage . |
| 22 | If B is threatened with a breach of contract he may be able to treat the contract as repudiated and sue for anticipatory breach or , of course , he may await the breach and then sue for damages . |
| 23 | Because , technically , his jail sentence was for one year , Nkrumah could register as a voter and then stand for election . |
| 24 | But they are unlikely to make real progress unless they are helped to formulate their own ideas explicitly and then look for evidence and compare their views to those of others . |
| 25 | In Eastern Counties Division One , third-placed Maldon can substantially improve their hopes of promotion by defeating rivals Newmarket and then pray for Bury St Edmunds to lose at home to Upminster . |
| 26 | The great achievements of nineteenth century science — atomism , energetics , evolution , the wave theory of light — were highly theoretical , depending upon conjecture and then search for evidence . |
| 27 | All this is exceedingly American and seems even more so at a time , in the cinema at least , where men love men best and occasionally try for sex with women . |
| 28 | He could treat the loser and afterwards pay for drinks all round . |