Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] and [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should 've come and knocked for me cos you could 've come in and played computer and everything . |
| 2 | Graduated or additional pensions are of no help to a divorced partner of either sex , as these are earnings related and , therefore , only benefit the individual who has earned and paid for them . |
| 3 | The deadline has come and gone for ball companies to sign up to the new and revised agreement to be part of the LTA 's pool of ball sponsors for British tennis events . |
| 4 | ‘ The Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital Comforts Fund Musical Festival is a part of our community roots that has grown and flourished for one hundred years . |
| 5 | My friend Tom Paine — I got this wound , ’ he held up his afflicted hand , ‘ fighting by his side for the freedom of our American Brothers — he has written and fought for freedom in America , in France and here in his native land . |
| 6 | Kinnock has struggled and shifted for years , abandoning long-held beliefs in the quest for power . |
| 7 | Simion Crisan , a Romanian international , has defected and asked for political asylum in West Germany . |
| 8 | Simion Crisan , a Romanian international , has defected and asked for political asylum in West Germany . |
| 9 | Controversy about essential hypertension has waxed and waned for a century , and what is orthodox today may change with time . |
| 10 | Dynamics of survival within the NMGC must be related to the role which the organisation has defined and redefined for itself in the light of a changing understanding of marital problems over time and in relation to the work of other agencies . |
| 11 | THE MAJOR purses Duke McKenzie has fought and campaigned for over the last seven years could finally be just two victories away . |
| 12 | If the family wants complete peace of mind , it should provide Customs with all the facts once the new activity has started and ask for a written ruling . |
| 13 | What then is this second economy which has grown so massively in the shadow of one that the state has planned and controlled for decades ? |
| 14 | She 'd searched and searched for the wallet . |
| 15 | Sunday he can lie in bed till twelve , get up , get dressed and go for a drink , but my job never changes . |
| 16 | We get paid and promoted for rushing round and solving problems wh that we 've created for ourselves . |
| 17 | Old age is not a sudden event : those becoming dependent must have anticipated and prepared for this stage in some characteristic way , even if by denial . |
| 18 | Another exodus began at 6.30 a.m. on 1 September 1939 , when Glasgow children began assembling at 57 schools , 70,000 weans scrubbed and labelled for a bewildering adventure . |
| 19 | ‘ I certainly felt badly in need of a rest , having trained and played for the last two to three years virtually without a break . |
| 20 | Not a big problem , but enough of one to have tried and failed for several years at everything from Weightwatchers to F-Plan . |
| 21 | They were ordered by Stirling to stay put and wait for him , as he was on his way back to the desert . |
| 22 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 23 | He had chartered and paid for a Learjet from the Hansa operation two weeks before for the same trip , LaGuardia to Acapulco . |
| 24 | In June , 1950 , North Korean Communists nearly overran the southern half of the artificially divided country , the half which the U.S. had occupied and paid for since the war . |
| 25 | He shuffled past well ordered , dusted shelves and racks , and past the little office where his father had sat and schemed for most of his life . |
| 26 | The war had come and gone for me , of course . |
| 27 | Then , just as if the world had frozen and stopped for a moment , she saw the woman in the driving seat , face white , eyes glassy with shock , the mouth stretched in a grimace which looked like terror . |
| 28 | ‘ I could lose everything I 've earned and fought for all my life to get where I got . |
| 29 | The temporary nature of her job , staying only a few weeks at any one place , meant she had met and worked for a wide variety of men . |
| 30 | Like her , the General had prayed and hoped for the violet 's return , and now it had come and it would surely blossom more gloriously than ever before . |