Example sentences of "and [adv prt] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 2 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 3 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |