Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] for a [noun sg] [conj] " 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 | The pomp of Parks , Thompson and Dexter must seem further away than ever for a club that has now failed to progress beyond the group stages in 12 of the 21 Benson & Hedges Cup . |
| 4 | A close-up crotch shot will eventually do little more than remind the reader that sex without affection is merely moving your legs up and down for a bit and then stopping . |
| 5 | In a sense , a very basic one , the riots were political : " a groping desire to settle accounts with the rich , if only for a day and to achieve some rough kind of social justice " . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She twitched the hand-written parchment pages back and forth for a moment or two looking for them , then caught his amused glance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They must try again and again for a compromise that is fair and honourable . |
| 11 | but only for a second as he sets off |
| 12 | I was frightened , of course , but only for a second or two . |
| 13 | A gust of wind caught it and it slid towards the ground , but only for a moment or so . |
| 14 | And we would do it again , but not for a year or two at least ! |
| 15 | 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 . |