Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I draw to the attention of the Secretary of State the case of a Wakefield man who was refused expensive injections for infertility by a fund-holding GP and told to apply for that treatment to a non fund-holding practice in Wakefield ? |
| 2 | Fresh material should be put into water and allowed to drink for several hours as soon after cutting as possible . |
| 3 | The flow pattern , and allowed to run for many years of simulated time , generating a sequence of day-to-day ‘ weather ’ , |
| 4 | I left her , and went to search for more information in a different place . |
| 5 | But I stopped myself , and went to look for another hiding place . |
| 6 | To speak today of the defence of democracy as if we were defending something which we knew and had possessed for many decades or many centuries is self-deception and sham … |
| 7 | In 1959 Greece and Turkey had already drawn this conclusion , and had applied for some form of association with it . |
| 8 | We all knew Froggy , a caddie who had worked the circuit since the late fifties and had carried for many winners , including a couple of Open Champions — American , of course — in the mid-seventies . |
| 9 | Some of this fear he controlled , and had controlled for some time , by smoking the odd joint . |
| 10 | Earthtrust discovered that many other locals were opposed to the capture and slaughter of dolphins , and had tried for several years to halt the practice . |
| 11 | A few minutes later they had acknowledged Mr Bryant and his daughter outside their house , and then trudged home and stood chatting for some time on the doorstep . |