Example sentences of "[verb] and for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Though there is no appeal procedure laid down if the chairman of the meeting rejects a proxy duly lodged and therefore does not allow that creditor 's vote , it is open to the creditor affected to apply to the court for the chairman 's decision to be reversed and for a new meeting to be held . |
| 32 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 33 | The older woman 's face puckered and for a moment Ruth thought she might cry — which was unthinkable in Miss Beard . |
| 34 | When her husband began to sing a little , snapping his fingers in rhythm , she smiled and for a moment looked like a young girl again ; but the barman came immediately and reminded them that singing was not permitted . |
| 35 | Frequent reference has been made to a vote being taken and for a majority of meetings this will be by a show of hands for and against the motion , the Hon. |
| 36 | Roy and Judy are taken to make-up to have those nerves calmed and for a bit of pampering . |
| 37 | Using the tax function introduced above , the multiplier for a change in government expenditure becomes and for a change in autonomous taxation it is |
| 38 | There are possibilities for a great range of skills to be used in volunteering and for a lot of enjoyment to be had into the bargain . |
| 39 | He was frankly baffled and for a second he wavered . |
| 40 | But she did not wake and for a moment Henry was flooded by helpless rage , a feeling that made him want to run to the bedside table , snatch up Elinor 's nail scissors and twist them into her neck , this way and that , gouging out blood and veins . |
| 41 | Economic growth declined and for a while even became negative . |
| 42 | SARA had been dreaming and for a moment her dream had more reality than her waking state . |