Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] and [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its tip can stay alive and grow for many days , thereby increasing its chances of meeting a host . |
| 2 | The players are not frightened to work hard and graft for each other , and the know-how of people like Dennis Wise , Andy Townsend and Mal Donaghy is complemented by the pace of younger players like Eddie Newton . |
| 3 | Similarly , in an 1894 speech , Millicent Fawcett pressed for the vote on the grounds that she ‘ wished to strengthen true womanliness in women , and because I want to see the womanly and domestic side of things weigh more and count for more in all public concerns ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ He could get stopped and searched for some quite other reason . |
| 5 | The highest of these peaks , Wagagai ( 14,177ft/4321m ) , is in Ugandan territory and officially out of bounds , but our map showed the international boundary passing through the summit of the second highest peak ( just 20 metres lower than Wagagai ) , called Lower Elgon , so we decided to stay legal and aim for that instead . |
| 6 | Although it was dark and the road twisted away in both directions , the undertaker had stood still and listened for several seconds before venturing up the steps to the front door . |
| 7 | After that , his senses remained strained and alert for several hundred paces , but there was no more hint of a shadow , and as he moved away from the busier streets he became increasingly confident that he was alone . |