Example sentences of "and [be] [adv] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tommy and Bren , as they are affectionately known , are now in their 80's ( as indeed are most members of the WHAM choral group ) and are probably best remembered for their haunting rendering of songs such as ‘ Roamin' in the Grogan ’ , ‘ Old Mother Hibbard ’ and ‘ Annie , Get Your Pistoll ’ during their teenage years with WHOOPS ( Wichita , Home Of Other People 's Songs ) . |
| 2 | As in the rest of Europe , breeders are now looking for young stock with high genetic potential and are no longer settling for the fancy animal with a borderline production pedigree . |
| 3 | Among the Odonata all the legs are adapted for seizing and retaining the prey and are hardly ever used for locomotory purposes , while in the Bombyliidae the slender legs are used for alighting rather than walking . |
| 4 | Since the subjects in Study 2 did not expect a recognition phase it was clearly not sufficient to simply repeat the study without subjects making any judgments , instead judgment tasks had to be found that were not related to risk and were still sufficiently engaging for subjects not to suspect a memory test afterwards . |
| 5 | Gay men who had been shown a stiff cock in a public lavatory by a policeman , and were then promptly arrested for showing an interest , were n't slow to remind us that , thanks to Queen Victoria , lesbianism was not illegal . |
| 6 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 7 | The resulting disk needs no windows , and is also conveniently stored for future reference . |
| 8 | Long neglected , it has now been restored by the University of Edinburgh and is once again used for its original purpose . |
| 9 | Willie Jarvis 's three-year-old has won his last two races by a total of six and a half lengths and is still well weighted for further success . |
| 10 | Pulker Close is a small development located off the Littlemore Road , Cowley , and is therefore ideally placed for access to the shopping facilities within the Cowley Centre , which has just undergone major refurbishment . |
| 11 | Easily Accessible : Banbury lies on the edge of the Cotswolds and is therefore ideally situated for walking , but it is probably best known for both the nursery rhyme ‘ Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross , To see a fine lady , upon a white horse ’ and for its special cakes made from a 300-year old recipe . |
| 12 | In his heyday Allison was involved with five Championship-winning sides worldwide and is perhaps best remembered for his Manchester City triumph in 1967–68 with the late Joe Mercer . |
| 13 | Whether or not this is so , few would deny that Abbado is a sound choice , a man of few words who nevertheless commands great respect among orchestral players and is as highly praised for his Rossini as for his Mahler , his Mozart or his Brian Ferneyhough . |
| 14 | Hobson served first with the Eastern Association regiment of Charles Fleetwood [ q.v. ] , becoming a captain , and was soon well known for preaching wherever he went . |
| 15 | When polished it is also highly reflective and was thus widely used for mirrors . |
| 16 | has a wealth of experience in the food ingredients industry both in the UK and abroad and was most recently working for an Australian ingredients company . |
| 17 | One might argue that Montini , who had more ‘ on-the-job ’ training for the office of pope and was intellectually better prepared for it than anyone since Benedict XIV in the eighteenth century , became pope too late to give of his best . |
| 18 | By this time the company had been crippled by the latest recession and was once again fighting for survival . |
| 19 | The parish council was obliged to provide burial land and was now desperately looking for other sites . |