Example sentences of "and for [art] [adj] [noun pl] i " in BNC.

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1 A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above .
2 Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him .
3 And for a few weeks I was happy .
4 Bellybutton was McIllvanney 's foreman , and for a few seconds I dared hope that he had come to help us , but instead he told me that one of the bareboat thirty-three-footers was in trouble .
5 Also to you — the readers — for buying my first book , and for the many letters I received , mainly nostalgic .
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