Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our librarian passed me the disk ready for review , I ran it and nervously waited for the title page . |
| 2 | Our librarian passed me the disk ready for review , I ran it and nervously waited for the title page . |
| 3 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 4 | Mr Nasta has used two large rooms to display the works , all of them privately owned and personally lent for the occasion . |
| 5 | I chose my family , and just waited for the big boys to come up to the Birkdale area . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the patient , who has not been named , was making a rapid recovery and yesterday walked for the first time since the operation . |
| 7 | The reference call to the hotel , The Randolph — that 's what he 'd remembered clearest of all , really : he 'd looked up the telephone number and then been put through , on the extension given to him by his client , to the Deputy Manageress , who had promptly and effusively vouched for the bona fides of Rent-a-Car 's prospective customer . |
| 8 | The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo . |
| 9 | BBC Pebble Mill Monday 23 September 7.00pm David Lodge 's novels include CHANGING PLACES ( 1975 ) , SMALL WORLD , shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984 and NICE WORK , Sunday Express Book of the Year in 1988 , and also shortlisted for the Booker Prize . |
| 10 | Cells were treated with chemicals for 30min at 37 °C or as stated and then incubated for the indicated times before isolation of total RNA . |
| 11 | The share of income paid in taxes was more or less proportional to income for most families ( about 20–5 per cent of income ) and then rose for the top 10 per cent of highest income earners . |
| 12 | They placed bombs on two isolated aircraft and then headed for the hangars where they expected to find some worthwhile booty . |
| 13 | At the comparative safety of a deserted road we collected ourselves a little and then headed for the station , trying hard to chuckle about it all , though obviously we had both been deeply affected . |
| 14 | She shook her head , thanked him for his co-operation and then headed for the way out . |
| 15 | Edward turned round , walked irresolutely around the room and then headed for the door , where he halted . |
| 16 | We visited the chapel and then headed for the living quarters . |
| 17 | I lay there for a minute recovering my cool and then headed for the back door . |
| 18 | He took Sir Bryan 's rejected set of clubs back to the caddie-master 's hut and then headed for the Tented Village . |
| 19 | Mrs Singh asked ‘ Do you have the same holiday ? ’ and then spoke for the first time about Balbinder . |
| 20 | He wore an open-necked checked shirt , and jeans , and occasionally reached for the pint of lager at his side . |
| 21 | The broad measure , M3 , grew by only 1% in the 12 months to December , and actually fell for the last three months of 1990 . |
| 22 | Our Dean drew the ice-free peg and never caught for the first hour , as I predicted . |