Example sentences of "and [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 2 | The trade weekly says that United Microelectronics Corp will produce the first commercial version of the chip set using a 0.6-micron CMOS process and pitching for a 50MHz , 39 MIPS CPU for availability oapart in the second half of the year . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ God grant it ! ’ and clung for a moment to the great , warm , vital hand that could put heart into her even now . |
| 4 | ACM Sir Denis Spotiswood supported this solution and arranged for a survey of R5868 to be carried-out to assess its general condition and the work that would be involved to bring it up to display condition . |
| 5 | Mrs Whitehouse was determined that something should be done , and arranged for a QC to visit the theatre and watch a performance . |
| 6 | 25–9–1897 The Session had under consideration the subject of having a half yearly Communion and arranged for a service on 7th November . |
| 7 | Entertainment was in the capable hands of instrument mechanic Dennis Brown , who acted as compere and arranged for a guest appearance by Blackpool duo Rendezvous . |
| 8 | A locum consultant failed to spot the result of her earlier test and arranged for a totally unnecessary exploratory operation . |
| 9 | She knelt beside the young mulatto , and checked for a pulse . |
| 10 | They emerge and merge , co-operate and co-ordinate for a while , but they have a relatively short active lifetime . |
| 11 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 12 | Canon Wheeler allowed his eye to wander around the handsome room lit by the full , secure English sunlight and gazed for a moment through the window at the spire of Medewich 's beautiful Cathedral . |
| 13 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 14 | His family used to come and stay for a week every year in a cottage across the dale and Martin would come and visit me on a regular basis . |
| 15 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 16 | ‘ We have sent it back and asked for a translation . ’ |
| 17 | When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 18 | I went to window three and asked for a ticket to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 19 | Nancarrow , on his third match point , at 9–9 , played another drop which was not that tight and Marshall , closing in to drive it deep , was obstructed and asked for a let . |
| 20 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 21 | Indenbaum remembered that he was gentle , with a beatific smile , and asked for a tune on the harmonium … |
| 22 | That evening I rang Fred Workman , News Editor of the Times-Herald , at his home and asked for a job as cub reporter . |
| 23 | I thought he was wandering off , but he went up to the counter and asked for a coffee . |
| 24 | Margaret inspected it and asked for a number of prints to be made . |
| 25 | Cheeky Paula produced a sprig of mistletoe and asked for a peck on Channel 4 's Big Breakfast Show . |
| 26 | A traveller in Scotland went into a pub and asked for a pint of bitter . |
| 27 | The just before Christmas a teenager came in with his friends and asked for a book ‘ honestly ’ listing all the mistakes in the Bible . |
| 28 | They reported that they knew of no matter involving her in any way and asked for a description of the white identification cards . |
| 29 | ‘ I saw Rosemary 's Baby , fell in love with Mia Farrow , went to the barber and asked for a Mia Farrow cut . |
| 30 | The book should have been in Tollemarche 's only bookstore for several weeks ; however , when Hank casually sauntered in and asked for a copy , old Mr Pascall said it had not arrived . |