Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second part is the most complete and up-to-date account so far of works by Piero Manzoni , organised in tandem with the biographical/historical part , documented by 1101 pieces and divided typologically for ease of consultation and to explain the artist 's modus operandi . |
| 2 | The night came down over Bryn Glas , and the remnant of the Mortimer forces crept out of hiding , salvaged what they could , and made lamely for home with their wounds and their disgrace . |
| 3 | The images generated were fed directly into other , more powerful computers , analysed by various marketing experts and filed away for use in the development of Cybercranker II — next in the line of arcade games to be pioneered by the Bolt Head Corporation . |
| 4 | In reality Jason has done more to keep Britain 's spirits up during these recessionary times than any Whitehall bureaucrat and raised more for charity than our greedy captains of industry . |
| 5 | She shut her eyes and prayed furiously for deliverance . |
| 6 | The system has been designed and developed specifically for use in today 's modern hotels . |
| 7 | Jazz skewered up his hair with a few of Mrs Nicholson 's hairpins and the three of them shuffled and clacked respectively for home , grateful for the now emptier streets . |
| 8 | The honoured sacrifice was loaded onto a baggage-carrying cart and pulled away for disposal . |
| 9 | He had campaigned assiduously for Goldwater in 1964 and worked hard for Republican candidates in the difficult year of 1966 . |
| 10 | The notes which I kept , and sent systematically for verification to those involved , amounted to a form of very detailed minutes . |
| 11 | And meant only for summer and early autumn ; no heating apparatus except the open fires , and a kitchen rather on a par for mod cons with my cottage at Otters ' Bay . |
| 12 | In my room I fell to my knees to thank God for the sign he had sent me , and waited eagerly for daylight . |
| 13 | But then , he would n't have wanted to see Isabelle 's treasured possessions grimly thrust into bin-bags and left outside for collection . |
| 14 | The print , named ‘ Couples ’ , was photographed and styled exclusively for Ellesse . |