Example sentences of "[verb] and for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagination and reality fused and for a second the sense of foreboding intensified . |
| 2 | She did not turn her head when Melissa entered and for a moment it seemed that she was unaware of her presence . |
| 3 | At the request of local residents the Parish Council has also asked for street lighting to be installed and for a speed limit to be introduced along part of this road . |
| 4 | She looked down at hands that trembled and for a moment she considered taking the dress off and forgetting the whole idea . |
| 5 | I remember in my young days — ’ She stopped and for a moment they sat quietly , both thinking of past Christmases when their parents and grandparents had been alive . |
| 6 | A successor ( all Heads of Department were eligible for election ) had proved hard to find and for a brief period the chairmanship of the Course had been taken over by the Deputy Director , Brian Tonge . |
| 7 | Marc stopped laughing and for a moment his eyes darkened . |
| 8 | Samantha woke and for a split second imagined she was still at home , still free to stretch and rise and walk and wash , still at liberty to heed her instincts and indulge her whims . |
| 9 | The engine stopped and for a moment there was the silence that can only exist in a forest . |
| 10 | Now more clouds were being arranged and for a moment he could swear that a shrouded figure was distinguishable , arm outstretched , pointing , accusing , a lamentation of rage . |
| 11 | But then they fall asleep , and Gollum returns , to see and for a moment to love and aspire to the ‘ peace ’ he sees in their faces . |
| 12 | Lisabeth asked and for a moment I thought he was going to slam the door on us . |
| 13 | It is now proposed that the rarely exercised power of the House to imprison be abolished and for a power for the Commons to impose a fine ( as can the House of Lords ) to be substituted . |
| 14 | When the academies opened their doors to women in 1919 the association changed its curriculum to offer preparatory courses , the drawing teachers ' course was closed and for a while they placed emphasis on the trade-oriented forms , like book-binding which was also started later at the state school . |
| 15 | When he did , his eyes narrowed and for a moment Kelly thought he was going to bound across the room and hit her . |
| 16 | ‘ She came back again when the baby was born and for a few months she tried , I 'll give her that . |
| 17 | As the country found itself on the brink of a constitutional crisis , Mr Havel said the best way to avert such a crisis would be for President Husak to quit and for a strong prime minister to assume his authority temporarily , as the constitution permits . |
| 18 | J.M. Sinclair put forward at Coloma College ( and elsewhere in print ) an analogy between preparation for teaching and for a range of medical and para medical employment . |
| 19 | He went into his room and put on a record while he decided what to do and for a time became lost in the music . |
| 20 | Government in Britain is not presidential ; it is a collective enterprise in which power is shared and for a beleaguered Prime Minister a power shared is a blame shared . |
| 21 | She started to read and for a moment lost her rigid self-consciousness in admiring delight at her own writing , its clarity and generosity . |
| 22 | Arnulf began his formal education at the cathedral school of Seés and for a short time held the position of treasurer of Bayeux . |
| 23 | His voice broke and for a moment he stood silent , then , very quietly , he added , ‘ You will always be my guiding star . ’ |
| 24 | Everyone in the street stared and for a moment it was pretty embarrassing . |
| 25 | Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock . |
| 26 | P'raps they 've gone blackberryin' , he thought and for a fleeting moment he wished that he was with them . |
| 27 | The sun was up , the dark clouds disappeared and for a moment she breathed easy . |
| 28 | Fists were thrown and for a while things began to get very ugly . |
| 29 | Andrew did n't smile and for a second his eyes locked with Benedicta 's . |
| 30 | A year ago he had a heart by-pass which had to be re-done and for a while totally lost his sight because of a clot in the blood supply to the eyes . |