Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 61 | If we take our budget-fixing example and examine it for a moment , we realise that two separate things may be going on . |
| 62 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |
| 63 | He takes me and picks me up from school and takes us where we wan na go you know , off to the shop , off to here , off to get some get some drink and takes us for a drive and |
| 64 | He shall feel the ground give under him , if only once , he shall fall , and men shall see him fall , and know him for a man like other men . |
| 65 | When the Shah and Empress received Marenches , he told them that the ayatollah had sent kidnappers to seize Hassans family and bargain them for the Shah . |
| 66 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 67 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 68 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 69 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 70 | in the end , Graham decided to donate the tank , equipment and fish and maintain it for the hospital free of charge . |
| 71 | ‘ You know the heat is off , Ruth , ’ he told her , his eyes catching hers and holding them for a few seconds . |
| 72 | So beautiful is this emotion that some scientists and poets regard it as the elixir of life and pursue it for no other reason . |
| 73 | In a letter the Chief Executive of RSNC , The Wildlife Trust Partnership , Tim Cordy , tells Middlesbrough : ‘ The designation is both an accolade and a challenge and acknowledges you for the contributions which already you have made towards environmental improvement , and the future plans you have to encourage sustainable development . ’ |
| 74 | You may decide that this is not the sort of fish for a small tank and exchange it for a more suitable species . |
| 75 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 76 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 77 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 78 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 79 | Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge . |
| 80 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 81 | He believed that the teachings of Christ gather together the wisdom of the ages into one source , and present it for the ‘ uneducated ’ along with a few miracles in order to win their attention and support ( much as the outlaw in the Western uses his gun in order to win an audience in a crowded saloon bar ) . |
| 82 | The attendants folded the clothes and exchanged them for a token , before placing them upon tiers of racks . |
| 83 | In the end she had taken the brooch back to the shop and exchanged it for a plain silver cross on a chain . |
| 84 | When they reached the next chamber he extinguished it and exchanged it for the torch . |
| 85 | Even though I have chained and muzzled you for the wolf you are , still your eyes challenge and your mind defies . ’ |
| 86 | The task of implementing this change of policy fell on Roger Brown , then editor in succession to Ralph Gee , who had been responsible for the printing of the paper for many years and edited it for a short period . |
| 87 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 88 | ‘ I feel I should write and thank you for the smooth transition and vast improvement to the standard of cleaning at our premises . |
| 89 | I stood and watched them for a while , training my binoculars on them and seeming , now and again in the shifting images of light , to discern structures around them . |
| 90 | Guido smiled , lifting one eyebrow , and watched her for a moment . |