Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 2 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 3 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 4 | This is a common confusion and accounts for many weak arguments in sociology and elsewhere . |
| 5 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 6 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 7 | They had woken at eight , and he had made tea and toast for both of them . |
| 8 | She expressed a warm opinion of the piece and asked for more of her work . |
| 9 | The best thing about Christmas is buying well thought out gifts that will give pleasure and use for many years to come . |
| 10 | Let us recognise that there is a figure and settle for that . |
| 11 | So she gave Jamie to a horse dealer called Liz Burt and asked for another in return . |
| 12 | Raising the trapdoor a little more so he could see out , he cautiously pushed out the barrel of the shotgun and checked for any sign of enemy personnel , as best as he could in his limited field of vision . |
| 13 | Fabia got into the vehicle and wondered for some moments about his employer . |
| 14 | Then a man-at-arms whom they recognised as being one of the leaders of the expedition reappeared in the village and stayed for several days . |
| 15 | They seek to restrict town-based owners to one dog per household and legislate for all puppies to be neutered before being sold . |
| 16 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 17 | A Federal Housing Act ( 1949 ) provided funds for slum clearance and housing for those on low incomes , though it only scratched the surface of an increasingly serious problem . |
| 18 | Your help and support for both events will be much appreciated . |
| 19 | This junction was constructed as part of the Burdiehouse Bypass but two slip-roads have been added to the Gilmerton Bypass which will complete this two-level interchange and cater for all traffic movements . |
| 20 | The super-sharp , non-clogging blades of this Draper Rasp Set are designed for fast cutting and shaping for all sorts of materials . |
| 21 | Faintly bluish spots may develop at the site of a louse bite and persist for several days . |
| 22 | First , that we have no intention of abandoning public ownership and accepting for all time the present frontier of the public sector . |
| 23 | Flak jackets are available to our crews and issued for some operations . |
| 24 | The house was built at the turn of the century as a country home and used for many years as a shooting lodge . |
| 25 | So I had to go to Moscow and look for some plywood . |
| 26 | JIM KELLY ran for one touchdown and threw for another as Buffalo beat Denver 27-17 to move within sight of an NFL play-off spot . |
| 27 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 28 | I had known that this was pending but when , over the last few weeks , I had enquired when they were going to start out , the reply was always the same , ‘ Oh , I think we 'll wait a bit and hope for some warmer weather . ’ |
| 29 | However , it is impossible to attend to approaches to teaching and learning for this stage without attending to how students are learning prior to this " ( Versey 1989:23 ) . |
| 30 | Colchester police issued a photograph of Lisa and appealed for any sightings of her to be reported . |