Example sentences of "to fight for [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should never put on your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth . |
| 2 | To fight for King and Country ; to keep a stiff upper lip and a devil-may-care sangfroid , no matter if he were scared shitless . |
| 3 | Mr Salmon told me that he 'd heard the best barrows were being sold off in the Old Kent Road , on account of the fact that so many young lads were heeding Kitchener 's cry and joining up to fight for King and country . |
| 4 | As they munched hungrily he learned how Tommy at the age of eighteen had been given the choice of two years at His Majesty 's pleasure or volunteering to fight for King and country . |
| 5 | This allows them to build without hindrance places d'armes on the Japanese islands against the Soviet Union and those countries of Asia which have risen to fight for liberty and independence against the forces of imperialism and reaction . |
| 6 | Deep down , however , and reading his own comments about always having to fight for employment and never being superbly successful , one ca n't help feeling he actually yearned for the stability that steady and better paid work would bring . |