Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 2 | The farewells they made to him , as they took his pony 's rein and made to turn back for home , were quiet and constrained , but clearly friendly . |
| 3 | She 'd been slow to see that , and tried to make up for it by saying quickly : ‘ Her jumping over ca n't have helped Eismark 's career . ’ |
| 4 | Kee pulled off another brilliant save and United hung on for victory . |
| 5 | Zyglo® Penetrant is sprayed on the surface until completely wet , and allowed to soak in for at least 10 minutes . |
| 6 | ALLY McCOIST last night declared himself fit for tomorrow 's European Cup match against CSKA Moscow — and vowed to make up for lost time . |
| 7 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 8 | In a moment , the monster rose , lurching slightly , and started to head back for the dark tower . |
| 9 | Hugo glanced at his watch , and decided to press on for another half-hour . |
| 10 | ‘ Dominic had left his AA card at home — we had a bit of a row about that — so we gave up on the car and decided to go out for a meal . |
| 11 | As a young man he had had a strong desire to visit the United States and decided to go there for a holiday , but as the liner approached New York , he dreamed that his mother ( to whom he was not particularly strongly attached ) was lonely and missed him , and this dream made him terribly homesick . |
| 12 | Other members of the group had differing objectives and decided to drop out for various reasons , ’ the source said . |
| 13 | The two met at a rally and decided to team up for the Charrington RAC . |
| 14 | Other things he knew as well , and meant to look out for . |
| 15 | Juliet missed him , and kept looking out for him . |
| 16 | And then I left my brolly at the chemist 's , and had to go back for it … ’ |
| 17 | TCCB , known in the past to have administered punishment for long-past ‘ sins ’ , or at least for the disreputable later exposure of them , will have to decide whether Beefy 's tale of being ‘ extremely inebriated ’ in Perth five years ago , when he forgot his bat and had to go back for it before smashing 48 off Western Australia , is an indictable offence . |
| 18 | She was up to two or three needles a week , and had gone without for maybe 48 hours . |
| 19 | He went quickly downstairs and left a note for his mother saying that he could n't sleep and had gone out for an early morning bike ride . |
| 20 | He had told Mr Gibson they had been walking past the barn and had gone in for shelter . |
| 21 | Lively and headstrong , considered beautiful in her day ( and there had been something proud about her — the way she held her head ) , she had married well and had lived abroad for almost all my life . |
| 22 | In any case , Charles Henstock cared little for creature comforts , and had lived there for several years , alone , in appalling conditions of cold and discomfort , until his marriage to Dimity Dean , a few years before , had brought companionship and a slight mitigation of the hardship of his surroundings . |
| 23 | However , there were two big differences : Whites had more in privately rented accommodation and had lived there for a shorter time ; these areas contained only 6 per cent . |
| 24 | He coveted the throne and had done so for a long time . |
| 25 | She wore a very sparkly large diamond engagement ring and had done so for about a year . |
| 26 | Duncan was dug in at the bottom of the orchard and had called in for a chat on his way from Brigade H.Q He was very interested in bagpipe music , having served with the Gordon Highlanders before joining the Commandos . |
| 27 | Confidence in the government was further lowered by public accusations by Merbah 's predecessor as Prime Minister Abdelhamid Brahimi ( who resigned from the FLN central committee on Oct. 16 ) , that President Chadli Bendjedid had known about a US$26,000,000 corruption scandal involving state contracts , which was currently subject to a parliamentary inquiry , and had covered up for senior ministers involved . |
| 28 | Steel-Maitland had been appointed Party Chairman in 1911 to a post " of cabinet rank " , and had served loyally for four years without pay or reward . |
| 29 | By the time the flotilla had reached a latitude of 50°S , and had stopped again for rest and replenishment , the men were becoming restive once more : their plea now was ) — if the expedition wanted to reach the Spice Islands , why not turn east towards them and pass below the Cape of Good Hope , as usual ? |
| 30 | In early life he was employed by Mr R S Woulfe , a Methodist merchant in household and Mr Donovan was converted and had to leave home for employment in the North of Ireland . |