Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second part is the most complete and up-to-date account so far of works by Piero Manzoni , organised in tandem with the biographical/historical part , documented by 1101 pieces and divided typologically for ease of consultation and to explain the artist 's modus operandi . |
| 2 | The night came down over Bryn Glas , and the remnant of the Mortimer forces crept out of hiding , salvaged what they could , and made lamely for home with their wounds and their disgrace . |
| 3 | At nightfall he mounted and rode straight for Poitou , pausing only to send an envoy to his father with the message that he would never allow anyone to take his place as Duke of Aquitaine . |
| 4 | And she was suddenly denied job interviews and passed over for promotion , she said . |
| 5 | The Royal Academy score , then , is that of the original version : copied before ( though only just before ) The Fairy Queen started its first run , and used not for rehearsals — there are no signs of wear and tear — but as a master from which the parts were prepared . |
| 6 | The English course used in Lesotho and designed originally for Rhodesia provides a particularly obvious example . |
| 7 | Ten Caat 's free-kick in the 75th minute hit the crossbar and bounced kindly for Booth who glanced the ball home . |
| 8 | But a late Rangers ' free-kick hit him on his nearly-bald spot and bounced kindly for Dennis Bailey to rob United of a point . |
| 9 | Borrow was pleased to accept the invitation and came down for Christmas , 1853 . |
| 10 | With impressive ease he lifted Lucy carefully into the back of his car , and gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in with her . |
| 11 | The images generated were fed directly into other , more powerful computers , analysed by various marketing experts and filed away for use in the development of Cybercranker II — next in the line of arcade games to be pioneered by the Bolt Head Corporation . |
| 12 | I say unfortunate laird , but of course it would have been the unfortunate estate workers who would have hauled the pick-axes up the hill and toiled away for weeks , just so that somebody with a crown could sit on a pony that did n't stumble on his way up a mountain to shoot something . |
| 13 | We all got locked in our rooms afterwards and allowed out for meals three at a time . |
| 14 | He cut into some , re-laid them and refinished only for others to appear after that . |
| 15 | Tickets were retained and handed over for juice and crisps when requested . |
| 16 | Tickets were retained and handed over for juice and crisps when requested . |
| 17 | Options need to be created and opened up for women . |
| 18 | He locked the door , showered and freshened up for supper . |
| 19 | I used little corner blocks to create the corner effect , and each of these is tongue and grooved on for strength . |
| 20 | There are people who have been brought in unconscious for no apparent reason , who have had car accidents and been cut free by the fire brigade and rushed in for emergency treatment following accidents . |
| 21 | the cherry and whites pack bulldozed their way to the line and sure enough after lots of huff and puff pushed over and touched down for try number three … |
| 22 | In reality Jason has done more to keep Britain 's spirits up during these recessionary times than any Whitehall bureaucrat and raised more for charity than our greedy captains of industry . |
| 23 | She shut her eyes and prayed furiously for deliverance . |
| 24 | The system has been designed and developed specifically for use in today 's modern hotels . |
| 25 | Jazz skewered up his hair with a few of Mrs Nicholson 's hairpins and the three of them shuffled and clacked respectively for home , grateful for the now emptier streets . |
| 26 | He was also an experienced pilot of both helicopters and light planes and flew exclusively for Hendrique , ferrying both arms and drugs in and out of Amsterdam on a regular basis . |
| 27 | The honoured sacrifice was loaded onto a baggage-carrying cart and pulled away for disposal . |
| 28 | He had campaigned assiduously for Goldwater in 1964 and worked hard for Republican candidates in the difficult year of 1966 . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sorry if it did n't provide a job for you , ’ he said , relieved , and looked round for Amanda , who had used the surface tension of the moment to walk away . |
| 30 | He put a neck-lock on the youth he was holding and looked around for help . |