Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was careful , shrewd , and thoroughly able , and made up for the collapse of the older coastal trades by sending his ships farther afield . |
| 2 | But he recovered his balance in a stride and made off for the water jump . |
| 3 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
| 4 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 5 | OTHERS have preferred to select the right machine for the duty and ground conditions and hired in for the job . |
| 6 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 7 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
| 8 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 9 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |
| 10 | John Titford responded to the call and signed up for the Volunteer Infantry . |
| 11 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 12 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 13 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 14 | I went out into Main Street and started off for the pier . |
| 15 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 16 | She helped the younger woman to the kitchen , put her on a chair and looked round for the kettle . |
| 17 | I never really listened to The Beatles and looked out for the guitar , I 'd just listen to the song as a whole . |
| 18 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 19 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 20 | She spooned coffee into their cups and reached out for the kettle . |
| 21 | Tuan Ti Fo crouched down , the boy balanced in his lap , the small , dark , tousled head resting against his chest , and reached out for the water-bottle . |
| 22 | His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun . |
| 23 | He had burned his bridges in Hollywood and took off for the seclusion of Taos to hide away , his life having come to another dead end , cursed by his own self-destructiveness and sheer bad luck . |
| 24 | It was flown by Geoff Dodd , a company pilot : ‘ I picked up my survival suit , cleared Special Branch , and took off for the Isle of Man suited-up and wearing a life-jacket . |
| 25 | Rex dumped the two-headed sailor-boy back on my knee and took off for the phone . |
| 26 | And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things . |
| 27 | The guests are legless anyway ; they 've paid at least £75 per head and shelled out for the tombola , raffle and auction . |
| 28 | She seized her valise and struck out for the back of the house and the kitchen . |
| 29 | She kicked out of the bikini-bottom that Fernando had succeeded in half tearing from her and struck out for the furthest end of the pool , laughter gripping her and weakening her limbs as he lashed out after her . |
| 30 | He went out immediately , and stayed out for the rest of the week-end . |