Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So even if you are convinced that interest rates are going to drop further and remain low for the foreseeable future , you need to be alert to find a good bargain . |
| 2 | Just sit down and and sit still for a minute because you 'll be standing for a long time playing the recorder as well , if you want if you want to go to the toilet just take yourself all right . |
| 3 | For Mr Desai , and many thousands of Indian yogis who rise at 4am and sit cross-legged for two hours , meditating on profound spiritual questions , a glass of melatonin-rich urine does seem to be the ideal thirst-quencher . |
| 4 | Put in £5,000 , and sit tight for eight to ten weeks . " |
| 5 | Amalgamemnon suggests that this split between fact and fiction corresponds to spheres of action and influence appropriate for men and for women . |
| 6 | Carne was formerly married to Burt Reynolds and became famous for her part in the American Laugh-In T-V series of the sixties . |
| 7 | Bethnal Green fell under Merceron 's domination and became notorious for corruption . |
| 8 | Sometimes landing on strips made of sand , transporting troops and supplies ready for the liberation of Kuwait . |
| 9 | The stated aims of the restructuring were partly to reduce the recent increased level of borrowing , but also to make individuals more accountable and profit conscious for the areas of operation under their control . |
| 10 | The mind — if unable to express creativity or creative impulses — exhibits frustration and evokes self-disdain for negative self-images and loss of self-worth ; the emotions — if subject to suppression or repression of essential human responses relating to love , understanding and compassion — are suffocated ; the harbouring and nurturing of accumulated aggressions , rejections or guilts , destroys the human ability to be receptive to positive influences , and depression , grief , hopelessness and helplessness all evoke a desire for self-annihilation if sustained ; the spirit — if unable to establish any connection between its personal nature and those higher elements which nourish it — eventually starves . |
| 11 | ‘ Run ahead and make ready for her . ’ |
| 12 | Goods and services were classified in three groups : prices for electricity , gas , home heating fuels and rents would be raised on Jan. 1 , 1991 , and remain fixed for one year ; prices of 99 basic products , including bread , milk , meat and children 's clothes , would be adjusted every three months , with equivalent wage adjustments ; and prices of all other goods would be freed from all controls . |
| 13 | Properly looked after they can produce several crops a year and remain fertile for centuries without needing a fallow period . |
| 14 | Material presented to people during sleep is not remembered unless they are woken up by it , and remain awake for some time . |
| 15 | ‘ It need hardly be stressed how undesirable a situation is , whereby a prisoner can hang himself and remain suspended for several hours within a cell , unbeknown to either his cellmate or the supervising authority , ’ said the sheriff . |
| 16 | Some kill on contact and are then rendered ineffective , whereas systemic ( translocated ) chemicals are absorbed into the plant 's system and remain active for much longer , which could delay the harvest of fruit and vegetables . |
| 17 | But he escaped last night , and mistook Gay for someone else . |
| 18 | A moment later the frenzied cadet pitched forward and skidded prostrate for many metres , his strengthened fingernails scratching sparks from the plates of the deck before he came to rest . |
| 19 | 3 Bring to the boil and simmer uncovered for 30 min , or until thick . |
| 20 | Put all the ingredients into a saucepan and simmer uncovered for 20-25 minutes , or until thick . |
| 21 | As well as being published in a local newspaper , the proposal must be posted at or near the main gate of the school and in ‘ a conspicuous place ’ in the area and made available for inspection at the school ‘ or at any other place within that area to which members of the public may conveniently have access ’ ( SI 1989 , No. 1469 ) . |
| 22 | Frame Relay and SunLink PPP , an alternative to dedicated routers , will be unbundled and made available for $1,150 each starting next month . |
| 23 | The Surveys will yield some 15,000 records , which will be deposited with the ESRC Data Archive , where they will be merged and made available for analysis at local , national and European level . |
| 24 | A review of the Garden 's options for the use of information technology over the next five years was carried out and made available for staff comments . |
| 25 | I have therefore asked Establishment if the room on the fourth floor can be cleared of stores and made available for our clerical staff , and if , as you requested , desks and other facilities for our own use can be got up into the smaller room at the top of the spiral staircase … |
| 26 | ‘ That 'll have to be sold and the inside scrubbed and made ready for them as buys it . |
| 27 | Yet those British ships that reached harbour undamaged on 2 June were refuelled and made ready for sea within five hours , whereas the Germans took nearly four months to prepare their fleet to sail . |
| 28 | After correction , the newspaper page would eventually be cast in metal by printers and made ready for the presses to roll . |
| 29 | Equipment cleaned and made ready for subsequent use |
| 30 | Have the Stork refuelled and made ready for the return trip . ’ |