Example sentences of "and [verb] for some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to go to Orkney for to go and asked for some cardboard boxes only we call them pasteboard boxes . |
| 2 | Perhaps the shopkeeper should have a panic button under the counter to press during such a confrontation , and while humouring the shopper by pretending to go and look for some grey ones , stout men could rush in and restrain the customer before he can make it to his Access card . |
| 3 | On Whitsunday 1658 a stranger called at his house and begged for some small beer . |
| 4 | Instead , he is expected to surrender one-third of the Championship and opt for some easy money . |
| 5 | To get around that , she would have to get in close , and go for some serious cat-fighting . |
| 6 | Once the first prize has been won by Conrad , J , and praise for some good work by such as Belloc , H , and Masefield , J , all the prose about glassy calms and heaving swells makes heavy weather . |
| 7 | For the time being , find the Prior and tell him that I am back and arrange for some hot water to be brought here . ’ |
| 8 | One minute the firm was having a few financial problems and hoping for some helpful investment advice , the next their premises were sold off to a factory development corporation , their directors sacked , the workforce were redundant . |