Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 2 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 3 | This is a common confusion and accounts for many weak arguments in sociology and elsewhere . |
| 4 | They had woken at eight , and he had made tea and toast for both of them . |
| 5 | She expressed a warm opinion of the piece and asked for more of her work . |
| 6 | The best thing about Christmas is buying well thought out gifts that will give pleasure and use for many years to come . |
| 7 | Let us recognise that there is a figure and settle for that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Fabia got into the vehicle and wondered for some moments about his employer . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They seek to restrict town-based owners to one dog per household and legislate for all puppies to be neutered before being sold . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Your help and support for both events will be much appreciated . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The super-sharp , non-clogging blades of this Draper Rasp Set are designed for fast cutting and shaping for all sorts of materials . |
| 17 | Faintly bluish spots may develop at the site of a louse bite and persist for several days . |
| 18 | First , that we have no intention of abandoning public ownership and accepting for all time the present frontier of the public sector . |
| 19 | The house was built at the turn of the century as a country home and used for many years as a shooting lodge . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | A compromise was eventually negotiated in which the space to the west of the building , originally planned as a garden , was devoted instead to a car park and to compensate for this loss of amenity , the Historic Buildings Council then agreed to pay for the provision of the jetty and roof garden . |
| 25 | Attempts by Latin American Communists to implement the ultra-leftism and isolationism of the ’ Third period' ( tactics which had been formulated to respond to the very different political conditions prevailing in Europe ) resulted in considerable loss of support and influence for many of these parties . |
| 26 | Centrepoint is demanding a coordinated strategy which will provide nationwide support and housing for all young homeless people . |
| 27 | Stopping at last to move the full bucket and reach for another , Jinny heard a car come bumping up the track towards the farm . |
| 28 | Although they may explain homosexuality in terms of learning , they assume a common biological basis and process for this learning , and see the condition itself as homogeneous . |
| 29 | The salvation and solace for this state of mind is art , which converts thoughts of loathing into ideas it is possible to live with : horror is tamed and made sublime , while what had been disgusting absurdity becomes comic . |
| 30 | Educated , like Lilian Lawson , at Donaldson 's School and the Mary Hare Grammar School , Irene qualified as a teacher and taught for some years at the Northern Counties School for the Deaf in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before joining the staff of the BDA in 1981 . |