Example sentences of "and for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |
| 2 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 3 | ( Confidingly ) Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the Rape of the Sabine Women — or rather woman , or rather Alfred — ( Over his shoulder ) Get your skirt on , Alfred — ( The BOY starts struggling into a female robe. ) … and for eight you can participate . |
| 4 | Blue larkspur against a table-slip of faded mauve velvet , oh ! how unutterably delicious it is to tired eyes For half-a-crown , one of those gigantic glazed brown earthenware jugs ( filled with cream ) and for 5 ½d. each half a dozen tiny ones to match . |
| 5 | Since 1900 , Britain has been governed by outright , formal coalitions of two or more parties for 7 years between 1915 and 1922 , for 1 year from 1931 to 1932 , and for 5 years from 1940 to 1945 . |
| 6 | Similarly for 1961 , there were only five cases , and for 1971 , seven cases . |
| 7 | Contraceptive precautions should be continued until a woman has a period or any bleeding for two years if ages 45–50 , and for one year if over 50 . |
| 8 | The gulls were wheeling and crying above the parapets of the ornate bridge and for one mad moment I thought that they , too , were engaged in an elaborate mockery . |
| 9 | A man was on his knee next to a woman , and for one wild insane moment Maggie thought he was proposing . |
| 10 | Being mothered by a grandparent was certainly not always a happily remembered experience , and for one illegitimate Scots girl it generated a lifetime of mutual bitterness . |
| 11 | In this case the CS is at one time associated with a US and at another time is not , and for one group of subjects different contextual cues are correlated with these arrangements . |
| 12 | ( Apr 21-May 21 ) In astrology , work and health are curiously linked are curiously linked — and for one reason or another , you are likely to feel under par , under pressure and totally misunderstood at the moment . |
| 13 | It is a major setting for three of his novels ( PP , GE , MED ) being called ‘ Cloisterham ’ in the last of these , and for one of his shorter fictions , ‘ The Seven Poor Travellers ’ ( CS 7 ) . |
| 14 | The Coffee Bar Gallery is open Monday–Saturday 11.00am–5.00pm June–September and for one hour before performances and during the intervals |
| 15 | They gazed in bovine surprise at the scarlet-faced visitor , and for one frightful moment Breeze felt that she must flee . |
| 16 | Also present were legal representatives of the RRA and for one of its individual members , Edward O'Callaghan , who lived nearest to the proposed dump . |
| 17 | And the other men saw him , and some would have sniggered at the fall that would follow such arrogance , and a few would have suffered in the knowledge that defiance brings only pain and punishment , and for one or two or three the young man who ambled erect in the first rank was a donor of comfort . |
| 18 | It was completely improbable , and for one simple reason : Gillian was n't going to turn into anyone else . |
| 19 | Freed from managing aspects of learning which children can provide for themselves and for one another , the teacher uses opportunities as they arise with individuals and groups to inject new purposes for collaboration , develop appropriate skills and strategies and model processes which the children will later be able to use for themselves . |
| 20 | Our own judgement is a severely negative one , and for one central reason : we punish too much — and in particular , we imprison too much . |
| 21 | They will not normally sing with the boys , but are to sing services by themselves on Wednesdays and with the lay vicars both on Mondays and for one of the four services over weekends , by rotation . |
| 22 | Consider three facts , arbitrarily chosen — half of all carers are over 65 ; 80 per cent of carers say they had no choice but to become carers ; and for one person in a hundred residential care is vital . |
| 23 | Erm children 's pensions they would be half the widow 's or widower 's pension and they 're payable for dependant children up to the age of seventeen and for children who are in full time erm higher education and for one child the payment would be actually half the widow 's or the widower 's pension . |
| 24 | Er a and for one guy to attend for two days , the guy might go off for for two days . |
| 25 | And for one reason or another the subcontractor bowled up on site on the Saturday afternoon and decided to do it then . |
| 26 | Make us more of a church body , Lord , using the gifts that you have given us in service for you and for one another , and learning form one another in humility . |
| 27 | EVERY dog has his day … and for one young greyhound , fame and fortune could be just around the next bend . |
| 28 | There was murder within marriage because a husband or a wife wanted life to be different and for one reason or another could find no other way to bring that about . |
| 29 | " Obedience was number one priority , " Joyce recollects , " and the respect and love we had for our parents and for one another forced us into a very successful household . " |
| 30 | His face hardened and for one dreadful moment she thought he was going to turn away . |