Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 3 | " Come and sit here for a bit . |
| 4 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 5 | We carried a medical team with vehicles and back up for the medical team . |
| 6 | Charlotte strained her ears to hear whether he would slip out by the side door and make straight for the garage at the rear of the house for his car , but instead she heard the crisp , light rapping of his heels on the oak staircase . |
| 7 | Musically — forget it , but the spot effects are great and make up for the poor acoustic tones . |
| 8 | Gather up your belongings and make calmly for the door . |
| 9 | A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’ |
| 10 | She has deservedly won the respect of everyone in the field of movement and dance both for the Society and herself . |
| 11 | We live , act , move , are temporarily satisfied , enjoy and suffer principally for the satisfaction of desire . |
| 12 | A careful dusting off of the electronics , and a pull off and push back for every ribbon and power connector , restored reliable operation . |
| 13 | There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place . |
| 14 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 15 | 2 Add the garlic , tomatoes , thyme and green beans and cook gently for a further 5–7 minutes . |
| 16 | 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes . |
| 17 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 18 | Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat . |
| 19 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 20 | As they finally leave the city and head out for the open road , Billy the Kid says , ‘ We made it , did n't we ? ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 23 | The novelist and his wife cross themselves and apologise incongruously for the ‘ terrorists in our country ’ . |
| 24 | It is here that the rich and super-rich moor their magnificent multi-million pound floating palaces and slip ashore for a glass of bubbly or two . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I go and wait about for a min , half a sec , ha , you know just wait for about ten seconds I 've forgotten what I 'm supposed to say wha , can you remind you ? |
| 27 | ‘ I was quite prepared to play in the reserves , and wait patiently for an opportunity . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 30 | Would n't it be a poor thing to have the man close his shop and walk back for a kind of half-hearted snack . |