Example sentences of "for and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it would be fun to use fabric paints rather than hunting for and knitting lots of different colours . |
| 2 | At the same time as the US sought to stiffen French resolve , at least to continue the war , it had to persuade France in effect to let go because , at the very least , it had recognized that the forces of what was nominally ‘ the French Union ’ in Indo-China in reality needed men : and these men would have to be found for and fight in the National Army of Vietnam . |
| 3 | It asked for and received the help of the ruler of the Hohenstaufen ( Germanic ) Empire , Frederik 1 , known as Barbarossa ( ‘ Red Beard ’ ) who crossed the Alps and attacked Milan . |
| 4 | He asked for and received the resignations of his Cabinet ; it was not clear whether they included his own . |
| 5 | They will not inquire into the adequacy of the consideration he has asked for and received . |
| 6 | At the time he prepared for and received Eucharist , he was the oldest of 32 residents of a home for severely handicapped children under Catholic auspices . |
| 7 | Last year it bid for and received £940,000 . |
| 8 | His main task was to prepare for and win a general election . |
| 9 | Granting ourselves the time to speculate and dream of a world to come gives us a chance to prepare for and adapt to a future way of life . |
| 10 | The kind of standards of performance which you need to search for and devise are ones that rely as far as possible on observable facts rather than mere opinion . |
| 11 | Mr Chairman I believe I have the floor and I would also say that contrary to what we 've just been told there are people employed by what was called and three to four hundred people are employed , they 're not effected other than fifteen people , fifteen people were not effected by this statement and there are some hundred and eighty people who still work for and connected with the project . |
| 12 | He remains a non-executive director of the north London club he has played for and managed and in a statement last night said he would proceed with his petition to buy out Mr Sugar ‘ unless advised by my lawyers not to do so . ’ |
| 13 | The Patents Information Network has been established by the British Library to enable the public to find out what patents are being applied for and granted in this country and elsewhere . |
| 14 | The report was widely heralded as a blueprint for re-establishing the accountancy profession 's right to set the framework for and to improve financial reporting in the corporate sector . |
| 15 | We must endeavour to convince clients that better quality service has to be paid for and to justify the fact that we are able to provide that better quality service . |
| 16 | It is the sovereign who decides whom to send for and invite to form a government . |
| 17 | Steve , with the instinct that marks him out as a real mountaineer , not just a climber , had searched for and seen an abseil that avoided the First Brittle Ice Traverse , It took us past the Pocket Hanging Glacier seracs , where the ropes twisted into corkscrews and jammed tight . |
| 18 | Prospecting is the searching for and calling upon customers who , hitherto , have not purchased from the company . |
| 19 | He has already played for and left both . |
| 20 | His first task was to select a site for and to design new locomotive workshops in Kilmarnock to replace existing inadequate facilities in Glasgow . |
| 21 | He shall be substituted for and succeeded by his wife , the Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza . |
| 22 | It is a collective expression of extensive opposition to — even outrage at — the attempt by Henry VIII and Arran to stampede the Scots , the moment the opportunity appeared to present itself , into a complete denial of their long tradition of independence fought for and achieved in the teeth of English aggression . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools in Hampshire have now applied for and achieved grant-maintained status ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 24 | Four schools in Hampshire have applied for and achieved grant-maintained status . |
| 25 | In science it is not always possible to find one theory which accounts for and describes every aspect of an event . |
| 26 | Somehow , both mothers have to be visited , cared for and made to feel wanted . |
| 27 | Is it about time that the Government took the opportunities of our youngest children seriously , gave their parents the opportunities that they are looking for and made sure that children receive the very best start , which is something that is taken for granted in other European countries ? |
| 28 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 29 | Hewlett-Packard Moscow head of representation Nick Rossiter says the contract is fully paid for and took 18 months to negotiate . |
| 30 | Once ashore , the attacking force made for and took the remains of the Fao oil-export complex . |