Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His canonry was not of Oxford but of Kobe , of the Anglican Church in Japan , but it was the Oxford Diocesan Clergy Cricket side which he captained and ran for 25 years . |
| 2 | Fairview New Homes has a number of sites in North East London designed and priced for first-time buyers . |
| 3 | After taking the final Examination the following year he trained and worked for six months as an Assistant Solicitor with a general practice in Hull . |
| 4 | Sometimes the thread was misery , sometimes the black joy of an earth , blasted and left for dead , that went on labouring in darkness to renew itself . |
| 5 | Inspired by the coral coasts of Papua New Guinea ( where Liz lived and worked for nine years ) , this aquarium on silk is made by using a rubber-based glue called gutta in the same way that wax is used in the batik process . |
| 6 | Benjamin turned and shouted for more wine . |
| 7 | Gbedemah unselfishly withdrew and stood for another seat . |
| 8 | Every moment of Rainbow 's existence during my time at the Fair has been tracked , recorded , docketed and programmed for easy-edit , so I am able to wipe , play-back , freeze-frame or skim fast over the boring bits . |
| 9 | That night the rain began and continued for twenty-four hours . |
| 10 | The ‘ dressing room ’ in each saloon was converted into a bathroom containing copper and silver-plated bath-tubs , wooden cased and lidded and plumbed for hot and cold water . |
| 11 | His blue eyes were bright and clear and the frequent pump of adrenaline through his veins as he tracked and shot for fourteen successive days had left his senses sharpened , on a high edge of alertness . |
| 12 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 13 | She stamped her feet , wept and refused for two days to eat or — once her initial reaction had been volubly expressed — speak . |
| 14 | So she learns to give all her stories happy endings and take her troubles to bed with her — after she has cooked , cleaned , washed and ironed and prepared for another day . |
| 15 | At the end of my five laps , I wheedled and wangled for another session , saying that the photographer needed more time to get his shots . |
| 16 | They laughed and cried and called for more . |
| 17 | In the 1970s he was detained without charge or trial for five years and tortured and held for long periods in leg-irons . |
| 18 | While they advocated and worked for such extensions of democracy the European social democratic parties , whether or not they claimed to be Marxist and revolutionary , were also , for the most part , firmly committed to political democracy in the narrower sense ; and where the necessary conditions were present — the legal existence of socialist parties , elections conducted on the basis of ( at least ) universal male suffrage , and participation in parliament and government — they made plain that although they did not renounce extra-parliamentary forms of class action they envisaged the transition from capitalism to socialism as coming about through the will of a majority of citizens , clearly and publicly expressed in elections . |
| 19 | Day 26 Purchased and paid for another 100 sets of seats and backrests . |
| 20 | They were often accompanied on such excursions by Christopher Sykes , who has recalled one wet Saturday afternoon when , in the Hospital gardens , they watched a football match between the Marylebone dustmen and the Chelsea Municipal Maintenance Staff : " The forlorn scene fascinated Eliot and in spite of the cold and the drizzle he stayed and watched for several minutes " . |
| 21 | Diana looked half-frozen herself and battled with a useless umbrella ; the feather on her hat began to flop , yet she stayed and chatted for longer than ever , as if to reward the people for their patience . |
| 22 | People who lived if their leader were successful , and who bled and died for each of his mistakes . |