Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its strongest form , at the perception of a new and beautiful poetic or religious idea , mystics and seers will fall into a trance and remain in it for hours or even days . |
| 2 | Now calm down , and listen to me for a minute . |
| 3 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
| 4 | We are now facing the most serious challenge in our history and depend on you for support . |
| 5 | Go and look for it for me then ? |
| 6 | It 's better to walk b back , and look at them for a d you know , from afar , than |
| 7 | ‘ Germans shit on a little ledge and look at it for hours before flushing , ’ says Lady De Marr . |
| 8 | When parents relate to their children as if they were partners and look to them for the support and even sexual comfort that should come from other adults , the boundary surrounding and protecting childhood is broken . |
| 9 | Together we praise God for abundant past blessings and look to Him for direction and strength in the coming days . |
| 10 | Hordes of admirers screech that they would be only too willing to take Kylie home and look after her for a while . |
| 11 | and others can , you know sit and stare at it for an hour still would n't know who it was . |
| 12 | BELVILLE : I take her to an artful young baggage and had I a young handsome butler or steward she 'd soon make her market of one of them and snap at him for a husband . |
| 13 | Keep this manual by you when using LIFESPAN and refer to it for specific and detailed information on particular facilities |
| 14 | For a cover note to be valid the defendant must accept the cover note and rely upon it for his insurance cover . |
| 15 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 16 | I mean it 's very nice to be with a child , a baby , for about three or four hours , but after that you are quite grateful for somebody else to come and play with it for a while , and talk to it for a while . |
| 17 | We will demonstrate your new machine , make sure you are happy with it and then , should you so wish , we 'll take away your old machine and dispose of it for you . |
| 18 | Theo was about to travel from The Hague to Etten , en route for a new post in Paris , and Vincent pressed him to ‘ leave the train ’ on the second leg of his journey and stay with him for a day or two . |
| 19 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 20 | The impact of visiting the massive tributes to monumental Egyptian architecture at Luxor , the Valley of the Kings , Cairo 's old town and many museums , and of course the great pyramids and Sphinx at Giza , will affect you and stay with you for the rest of your life . |
| 21 | I promise to love you and stay with you for ever . |
| 22 | All we ask of you in return is to buy at least one book from each of the Reviews and stay with us for a minimum of six issues . |
| 23 | Females are attracted by males ' displays and go to them for mating . |
| 24 | When the track meets a road turn left and go along it for 150yds until you come to a bridge made of railway sleepers which crosses the stream on the right . |
| 25 | " I hope you do n't mind me coming up — I thought I 'd just come and see how you were , and perhaps sit and chat with you for a while " |
| 26 | So if you have a look at those and play with them for next time erm and make sure that you learn those two rules about if the signs are the same |
| 27 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 28 | I open my eyes and think about it for a bit . |
| 29 | Why not talk it over with your family and think about it for a week or two ? ’ |
| 30 | So , I 'll bring my things in and think about it for a minute . |