Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made it to the end of the road in Bombay where all the cars had to be steam cleaned inside and out for the last leg of the journey . |
| 2 | Of particular concern has been exploring ways and means of reconciling the requirements of security with the practical need for easier access generally and especially for the unhindered trolley routes for books and papers . |
| 3 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 4 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 5 | Speaking last night from the motel in Kelowna , 400 miles north of Vancouver , where she has lived on and off for the last three years , Mrs Allan said : ‘ I am not coming home until I have got my child . |
| 6 | A 17,000-foot volcano called Nevada del Ruiz , which seems to have been slumbering off and on for the past four hundred years , erupted and melted the snow and ice which covered most of its upper reaches , giving rise to an estimated seventy-five million cubic yards ’ mudslide . |
| 7 | The intention , says D , is to nurture new performers and broaden the scene 's support base : ‘ It 's up to us , the established people , to bring this thing further and then for the next wave to strengthen it even more . ’ |
| 8 | This possibility will seem unacceptable only to critics who insist that election must be by votes cast directly and personally for the successful candidate . |
| 9 | The insects are out and about for the same reason as us , moving at night to beat the midday heat at the very centre of the Grand Canyon . |
| 10 | It is not a bad idea to say ‘ thank you ’ every now and then for the good things in your life . |
| 11 | The key to the Commodore 's success was their ability to run reliably and quickly for the full 621 miles . |
| 12 | Not surprisingly and not for the first time , trade union leaders wondered whether it had become impossible to mount a legal strike . |
| 13 | This is very obviously the approach of someone writing exclusively and specifically for the young . |
| 14 | With Between the relationship between language and gender becomes significant both thematically and structurally for the first time in Brooke-Rose 's fiction . |