Example sentences of "and [vb past] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eventually got back to the switchboard and asked for the neurosurgical bed manager . |
| 2 | This spelt out in more detail what 5 Corps had learned from Maj-Gen Schmidt-Richberg about the approach of the Army Group E forces from the south , and asked for the specific authorization 5 Corps required to accept the surrender of these enormous numbers of fugitives as " formed bodies " . |
| 3 | With its occupants pushed firmly back into their seats , the Turbo R thumped a hole in the air and lunged for the far horizon , covering the quarter-mile in a staggering 14.8secs on the way . |
| 4 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 5 | He stood and made for the other room . |
| 6 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 7 | Freud moved from Vienna in 1938 , when the Nazis took over , and lived for the last year of his life in London . |
| 8 | The two women jumped out and sprinted for the front door of the cottage , Donna struggling with the key . |
| 9 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 10 | He promptly turned off the by-pass and headed for the nearest hospital . |
| 11 | I discarded my unfamiliar new slinky satin pyjamas for my familiar old sweater and jeans and headed for the nearest shops . |
| 12 | The , finally remembering all that I had been told , I capsized myself and grabbed onto the canoe and paddle and headed for the nearest bank . |
| 13 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 14 | Nails laughed , and headed for the industrial estate . |
| 15 | She left the buffet and headed for the small John Menzies shop opposite . |
| 16 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 17 | So I left Derek and Brian by the door of the pub and headed for the open country . |
| 18 | As they parked and headed for the open front door , a smiling woman in a dusky pink two-piece and with her silver hair caught back in a chignon appeared to welcome them . |
| 19 | When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 20 | I left him there , and headed for the next block . |
| 21 | At about 5.30pm on Sunday everybody shut off their music and headed for the main stage to hear the results . |
| 22 | Hitch watched the tail lights of the Lancia disappear and headed for the public telephones nearby . |
| 23 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 24 | In conclusion , I 'd like to warn Ben that the Plage route at Buoux is n't his project , but one which was undertaken and tried for the first time by Le Menestrel , and that he has no particular rights over it . |
| 25 | He was arrested and tried for the first time in April 1916 . |
| 26 | He had greased himself in oil and he had cooked and broiled and yearned for the magic hours of noon and six when he could down a life-saving tumbler of gin and lime . |
| 27 | Jack was a native of Crook in County Durham and played for the local amateur side as a junior before signing for Newcastle at the age of 17 . |
| 28 | He was also a member of the XL Club and played for the local Lloyds Bank XI . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I was on the verge of the England squad with Norwich and played for the Under-21 side a few times . |
| 30 | He then went to South Africa with the FA summer touring side and played for the national team in one of the representative games . |