Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact they can be seen as the difficulties that are faced with young people generally : how far should they be allowed ( encouraged ? ) to take risks and learn for themselves and how far should they be guided by those who ‘ know best ’ ? |
| 2 | Kieran has now Rostrevor home to Dublin for six months where he intends , as he puts it , to ‘ lie low ’ for a while , writing songs and preparing for his and Frances 's second album . |
| 3 | Add orange zest and chestnuts and saute for a couple of minutes . |
| 4 | Nothing to do with me : in fact , I spent six hours fighting that decision in a totally futile meeting with Topaz and three top-level gorillas from Resource Deployment with cottonwool in their ears and Closed For Lunch signs on their brains . ’ |
| 5 | No doubt when Wrexham see what a joke he is , he will be back at ‘ The Tip ’ licking a few supporters ' backsides and begging for his job back . |
| 6 | But no , as I watched , he turned a ball elegantly off his legs and called for a quick single . |
| 7 | The social worker seemed to be dangling that last word before Gilly 's nose , as if expecting her to jump up on her hind legs and dance for it . |
| 8 | Immediately it sprouted numerous legs and scrabbled for a purchase . |
| 9 | Its supporters make the point that it breaks down rigid hierarchies and allows for greater participation in the decision-making process . |
| 10 | One Small Step is building a laboratory that will help keep many children from lives spent in a wheelchair … please help to make this possible for our kids and run for them in the next London Marathon . |
| 11 | One Small Step is building a laboratory that will help keep many children from lives spent in a wheelchair … please help to make this possible for our kids and run for them in the next London Marathon . |
| 12 | A recent Protestant Church Synod , where speakers aired grievances and called for change , was a conspiracy ‘ to prepare the way for reunification ’ . |
| 13 | Dr Gysi had the advantage of being a completely new face in mainstream East German politics , after previously concentrating on defending dissidents and fighting for the recognition of opposition groups . |
| 14 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 15 | Of the other parties SDLP suffered because the votes of Republican Clubs supporters in particular were not transferred on elimination to SDLP candidates and support for Republican Clubs was so dispersed throughout the province that there was insufficient support in any constituency for one of their candidates to be elected . |
| 16 | That a large and heterogeneous society like the United States has maintained just two parties for almost its entire history suggests that the job of aggregation has been performed admirably , but it must be remembered that in the United States these interests are really only aggregated once every four years , just long enough for the parties to select their presidential candidates and fight for their election . |
| 17 | Director General Sir Michael Checkland put a question mark over favourites like Big Break , Telly Addicts and Going For Gold yesterday . |
| 18 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 19 | The idea behind radar was to send out radio waves and listen for echoes from enemy craft . |
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| 21 | Mr Taylor , of Grantham , said Liam had gradually improved , and his voice choked with emotion as he described how the next afternoon his son had opened his eyes and reached for his teddy bear . |
| 22 | Underfed farmers emerged from their homes , rubbing their eyes and searching for suitable throwing stones . |
| 23 | He just shut his eyes and hoped for the best . |
| 24 | He opened his eyes and searched for a break in the streaming fog . |
| 25 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 26 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 27 | He closed his eyes and waited for the pupils to widen . |
| 28 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 29 | Again Hassan closed his eyes and waited for a second . |
| 30 | Fabia stirred , awakened in her hotel bedroom that Monday and , as memory awakened with her , she abruptly closed her lovely green eyes and wished for a moment that she were back in England . |