Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A phosphorus grenade rolled in through the door , and everyone dived for cover . |
| 2 | When a vote is taken and everyone votes for the motion , the motion is said to be passed unanimously . |
| 3 | Dave and them to save for me again |
| 4 | You bought it and bought it , that 's it , not same as they do with yeah with them looking for bloody sponsors unheard and them looking for bloody sponsors eh ? |
| 5 | THE cracking of Salman Rushdie is the saddest outcome of his two years in hiding : an apparently forced recantation , and nothing to show for it . |
| 6 | This Project Eden of yours : five years and nothing to show for it . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
| 8 | There were many causes and many reasons and nothing lasts for ever . |
| 9 | All this … such a famous person , and no-one to ask for your autograph . |
| 10 | There there are three of us er , that is Mr Allenby Mr Heselton and me looking for an answer to a question which was about |
| 11 | Sally and I looked for something local and intense , a compromise between a traverse of the Meije in the wake of great names , or a pass crossing in the wake of a continental alpine course . |
| 12 | He had my old measurements and I apologised for all that I was doing to his calculations . |
| 13 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
| 14 | I believe in your support , in the support of the peoples of Russia , and I hope for it . |
| 15 | It 's been a very revealing programme for me and I hope for you . |
| 16 | When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door . |
| 17 | It is very important indeed to ensure that the staff of G C H Q are not subject to potential conflicts of interest and as I said earlier the Prime Minister and I listened for some considerable time to the s to er to the points put forward by the trade unions to see whether or not that overriding er national objective could be maintained but we were not convinced , we were not convinced that erm the trade unions could overcome those potential conflicts of interest and it behoves ill the party opposite to try and put a different gloss on the fact that we in this country thanks to our legislation , have put harmony in place of strife and we are not prepared to allow the opposition to put that major achievement at risk . |
| 18 | She was a kind and gentle girl and I cared for her greatly . |
| 19 | It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well . |
| 20 | He stood up and I noticed for the first time a bunch of keys at his belt . |
| 21 | He looked slightly abstracted ; and I noticed for the first time that his habit of addressing remarks with head bowed — often appearing to contemplate the floor or the ‘ figure in the carpet ’ — had begun to bring about that slight spinal curvature which became accentuated later in life though not without adding to his dignity of bearing . |
| 22 | Her pink flying suit had two dirty orbs where her backside had imprinted itself on the ground and I noticed for the first time that her trainers were at least size 9 ( men 's ) . |
| 23 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 24 | ‘ To begin with , I worked for the family , pushing the churns round the streets on the milk-cart , but then I got too old for that , and I applied for work with the Dock workers Guild at Jubilee Wharf . ’ |
| 25 | take it in the end but erm anyway I got this diploma and er then I was quite annoyed because erm Social Services then erm pu the Welfare for the Blind was dealt with by the Public Health Department and a vacancy occurred in the Public Health Department for erm Blind Welfare Officer , or at least a Welfare Officer for the Blind and I applied for it and erm , they er did n't make an appointment because they did n't er get in other applications but they di they did n't offer me the appointment . |
| 26 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 27 | This was the visible humanitarian face of elite soldiering , and I fell for it . |
| 28 | And I fell for it . |
| 29 | And I apologized for what I 'd done , sold the firewood , took 'em home again . |
| 30 | I doubt either can afford to stay at a hotel and I know for a fact that they 're not at any of the local hostels ; neither , I have been reliably informed , have they put in an appearance at the local ‘ hippie ’ compound . |