Example sentences of "and then [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He probably worked on all his victims this way — softening them up , earning their trust and then moving in for the kill . |
| 2 | Ministers should draw up a budget and then pack up for the year . |
| 3 | And when three men turned back just below camp 4 because of bad weather Harry Taylor climbed on … and then set out for the summit on his own . |
| 4 | We ate a hearty breakfast and then set off for the moor . |
| 5 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 6 | This line of islands swings round to the north , and finally back to the west through South Georgia , describing a great loop , and then heads off for the extreme south of South America . |
| 7 | Pray for an opportunity to speak to them ( and then look out for the opportunity during the week ) . |
| 8 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |
| 9 | It 's actually fitting all those tolerances and then making up for the slop in the system . |