Example sentences of "and [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth . |
| 2 | We try to tackle the problem at all ends — to prevent young people ending up on the streets , to provide a roof over their heads , and to search for long-term solutions . |
| 3 | Selected or key settlements may be service centres ; they may also be associated with public investment in facilities such as schools and council housing , and designated for residential expansion or for industrial growth ( Woodruffe 1976 ) . |
| 4 | Then he put his feet up on the bench and snored for ten minutes . |
| 5 | It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused . |
| 6 | This is a 170g ( 6oz ) unit , also made of flat strip aluminium , and arranged for two axis presetting . |
| 7 | It was occasionally recognised , however , that self-defence might create more problems than it solved , as when Mr Punch recovered his wit and arranged for two anti-garotters to meet one dark night in a lonely street : |
| 8 | Already equipped for this the fire brigade provided tarpaulins and arranged for more to be sent round . |
| 9 | James Westbrook and Annette Friend play an evening of music written and arranged for classical guitar duet . |
| 10 | After hCG injection the females should be caged individually with proven stud males and checked for vaginal plugs on the following morning . |
| 11 | First they discovered bird droppings in their detector and checked for other possible malfunctions , but soon ruled these out . |
| 12 | Raising the trapdoor a little more so he could see out , he cautiously pushed out the barrel of the shotgun and checked for any sign of enemy personnel , as best as he could in his limited field of vision . |
| 13 | Let this woman divorce and disappear for good . |
| 14 | These were placed into a microfuge tube with 50 µl of water and boiled for 5 minutes . |
| 15 | For a right of participation to be meaningful it would obviously require as free a flow of information as possible and the development of institutions securing equality of access and influence for all participants . |
| 16 | Attempts by Latin American Communists to implement the ultra-leftism and isolationism of the ’ Third period' ( tactics which had been formulated to respond to the very different political conditions prevailing in Europe ) resulted in considerable loss of support and influence for many of these parties . |
| 17 | Only women who are not in the same circumstances as most women can up and off for six months . |
| 18 | The temptation for a band may be to say that there is too much hassle attached to gigging in the Soviet Union and to wait for better times . |
| 19 | James went to the local police superintendent , one Smith , and asked for 100 police to be billeted on the colliery premises , as , otherwise , the safety men , who were frightened , would not come to work . |
| 20 | and somebody said it was because since the stockmarket flopped people drew out and put the money in building societies , building societies were bursting at the seams , did n't want to , and banks as well , did n't know what to do with all this money , so , somebody went in for a loan and asked for fifty thousand and come out with a hundred thousand , they could n't get it out , give it to people , a lot , a lot of people that really er were n't safe gambles |
| 21 | Pearson , of Tadcaster , admitted three arson charges and asked for eight others to be considered . |
| 22 | Youds was ordered to pay £100 per unit and £30 costs and asked for eight weeks to pay the £630 sum . |
| 23 | She admitted four charges of making a false representation to obtain benefit and asked for 18 others to be taken into consideration . |
| 24 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 25 | Then he rang some film company in London and asked for one of the most junior men in the public-relations office , and the girl could hear the phone being put down on him . |
| 26 | He admitted eight robberies between May and July and asked for two others and six attempted robberies to be taken into consideration . |
| 27 | What is certain is that on the bright and sunny morning of 4 June 1913 the forty-year-old Emily Davison called at the offices of the WSPU in London and asked for two of the union 's white , green and purple flags . |
| 28 | At the Old Bailey yesterday Everton , of Edmonton , north London , admitted three robberies and related firearms charges and asked for two attempted robberies to be considered . |
| 29 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 30 | ‘ On my way down I sent a message to the sheriff 's office at the Guildhall and asked for two cursitors to make diligent inquiries amongst the taverns and stews along this side of the river . |