Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] and [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day .
2 It was only much later that I realised the reason for the request and also for the resulting laughter , namely the enjoyment of a broad Somerset accent which had come with me , and traces of which can still be recognised by West Country people nearly seventy years later .
3 The House of Lords held that the question whether the conduct was prejudicial to the interests of the state was for the court and not for the jury .
4 The opposite side of the argument is that in task allocation people may not receive appropriate care at appropriate times and that the day is succession of minor interruptions , made for the convenience of the organisation and not for the benefit of individuals .
5 They were on strike for the Charter and only for the Charter , a multitude of them , coming like the tributaries of a great river , from everywhere .
6 Payments made ex gratia or as compensation for loss of office by the vendor of the business will not usually be deductible by the vendor because they are made in connection with the discontinuance of the trade and not for the purpose of enabling the company to carry on its trade .
7 If your father 'e 'ad listened to the nurse and called for the doctor and not for the priest — puh ! ’
8 If we can only slip inside Germany we can make for the autobahn and then for the Black Forest area . ’
9 Six times he has burst into the line and over for a try .
10 The ground rules of completion are designed for the interests of the public and not for the interests of the profession alone .
11 ‘ I did an area in Washington , as far as drugs , called the Graveyard and then for the prostitution I did New York and Washington DC . ’
12 Sometimes you are waiting for a phonecall and sometimes for a touch .
13 She left elementary school at fourteen to take a job filling seed packets for five shillings a week ; later she worked for a draper and subsequently for the Co-op , where she joined the union movement of which she was to be a lifelong member .
14 He certainly liked Alix , and after the demo he took her off for lunch in a pub and then for a walk to his room in King 's , where he showed her his pots and his paintings .
15 And you 'll find for half the pack it 's one a day and then for the second half of the pack it 's two a day .
16 The reason why I 'm asking the question is that if for example , Richard 's responsible for a form and perhaps for the master of it , that does n't mean to say that you 've actually got the folders in your office .
17 When they returned to London , Clare worked first for a bank and then for the Yugoslav tourist office before joining the BBC monitoring service at Caversham .
18 In addition to the time lag while the act was being understood , it can take up to four years for an insolvency practitioner to lodge a report and then for a disqualification order to be made .
19 A man came into her house asking after a neighbour and then for a glass of water .
20 As an example of the conditions applied to one new scheme within the Dartmoor area , there were strict guidelines on using approved natural slate for the roofing , for the position of the gable on an outbuilding and even for the lining materials to be used for proposed trout-breeding pools .
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