Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of this could detract from the supremacy of Williams , as Mansell and Patrese dominated the field and scrapped fiercely for the lead . |
| 2 | Although born and bred in the country and reinstalled there for the past 30 years , I fear I am not a proper countryman ; London has dished me . |
| 3 | Famine at home did not deter the Tsars from exporting grain ; Stalin took a similarly hard-nosed approach , rationed consumption at home and sold abroad for the sake of political influence and foreign exchange . |
| 4 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 5 | Lady Grace bridal gowns from Sposa Bella Manufacturing Ltd are designed and made especially for the larger bride in sizes 18–30 . |
| 6 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 7 | Their venture had been from start to finish " planned by the woollen interests , financed from the profits of that trade and built predominantly for the needs of the woollen industry . " |
| 8 | John was full of invention , always making up steps and sequences which he called by odd names : for instance a stamping step he called ‘ Sherman tanks ’ , which he devised for the zephyrs in Primavera and used again for the unicorns in Harlequin in April . |
| 9 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of Use or in any restriction of driving to specified persons in this Policy the indemnity to the Policyholder in connection with any motor car described in the Schedule shall operate while such motor car is in the custody or control of a member of the Motor Trade and used only for the purpose of its overhaul upkeep or repair . |
| 10 | Helena Swanwick became a close friend of C. P. Scott [ q.v. ] and his wife Rachel , and over the next eighteen years wrote and reviewed regularly for the Manchester Guardian on domestic and feminist subjects and gardening . |
| 11 | The Rentcharges Act 1977 prohibited the creation of further rent-charges , and provided also for the extinguishment of all existing rentcharges at the end of sixty years starting on 22 July 1977 , or on the date the rentcharge first became payable , whichever is later . |
| 12 | But even if he chose lucky and came straight for the exit I had taken , I reckoned I could make at least twenty yards before he would open the door behind me . |
| 13 | Franco , however , instinctively rejected the risks involved in an audacious operation and opted instead for the less ambitious objective of driving a wedge between the city and its northern line of defence , in the Guadarrama mountains , by severing the road and rail communications north-westwards out of the city , towards La Coruña . |
| 14 | More than 350 fabric swatches were knitted and photographed especially for the book , many of them the author 's own invention . |
| 15 | 17.18 All pupils should be expected to keep a file containing work in progress , as well as completed pieces , which may need to be selected and filed separately for the purposes of moderation and final assessment . |
| 16 | It was only when this war was settled , and England embarked on a period of forty years of almost unbroken peace , that settlement began in North America and in the West Indies , and that trade with India became regular and organized enough for the English to set up trading posts there . |
| 17 | If trade union solidarity is to mean anything , it must mean that each and every worker sharing equally in the benefit of members and paid equally for the service . |
| 18 | It 's fizzing everywhere ! ’ as eighteen-year-old Andrew appeared from the laundry and raced desperately for the six tall flutes arranged on the counter-top in the kitchen . |
| 19 | Not being sure if the strait , or inlet for the Roach , was actually navigable through to the Crouch , I went back down the Roach , entered the Crouch again by Wallasea Ness , and turned seaward for the Crouch shore of Winter Marsh . |
| 20 | A number of English Protestants were , however , more ideologically motivated than their queen and campaigned vigorously for the adoption of an offensive Protestant alliance , with the aim not simply of protecting English security , but also of furthering the gospel and destroying the forces of Antichrist . |
| 21 | And as the afternoon wore on , she relaxed and talked freely for the first time in weeks . |
| 22 | Gritting his teeth against the stab of pain from his wounded leg , he dropped to his knees and grabbed frantically for the weapon with his left hand , expecting every moment that the enemy would burst in to finish him off . |
| 23 | But the sheaf was always cut The last sheaf was cut then it was er put in the barn and kept there for the year and |
| 24 | Agnes knew the room and went straight for the telephone . |
| 25 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 26 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 27 | The attack began on 8 March and went well for the Italians at first . |
| 28 | They were taken to Stromness police station , and questioned persistently for the rest of the six hours allowed by law . |
| 29 | The boy was flushed and gleaming with exercise and haste , his eyes bright , his cheeks freshly scrubbed , his dress a suit in rich Flemish cloth , long ago outgrown by Isambard 's younger son , and re-fashioned now for the involuntary guest . |
| 30 | As darkness fell again they took turns to wash in the tent , and then they lay together under the night sky and reached again for the stars . |