Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another kind of formal link between sentences is the substitution of words like do or so for a word or group of words which have appeared in an earlier sentence . |
| 2 | pictures or shopping or round the market or just for a walk or for a meal . |
| 3 | But no response came from the darkness , and after swaying precariously back and forth for a minute or two , his feet slipped on the twisting bamboo rods and he fell to his knees . |
| 4 | She twitched the hand-written parchment pages back and forth for a moment or two looking for them , then caught his amused glance . |
| 5 | But we only went for half a day at that period and then for a month or so then the troops went away again , we got back into our own school . |
| 6 | He was now largely permitted to roam the grounds in freedom , and he came gambolling up to greet Theda with a bark , and then went off exploring again , just keeping the ladies in sight , and returning now and again for a pat or an encouraging word . |
| 7 | After primary fermentation the beer is stored ( the German word is ‘ lagered ’ ) for a short time but rarely for the month or more that is standard abroad . |
| 8 | I was frightened , of course , but only for a second or two . |
| 9 | A gust of wind caught it and it slid towards the ground , but only for a moment or so . |
| 10 | After that for six days little smoke columns seemed to be sprouting up all over the forest , now here , now there , but only for an hour or two . |
| 11 | And we would do it again , but not for a year or two at least ! |
| 12 | There is a limited defence for a retailer ( but not for a wholesaler or distributor ) who neither knew , nor had reasonable grounds for believing , that the goods were not reasonably safe . |
| 13 | He 'd scattered a few items around the place so that anybody looking in through the window would get the impression that the owner was in residence but out for the day or the evening : a box of tissues and some magazines in the main room , a half-empty bottle of fresh milk and some crockery draining in the kitchen . |