Example sentences of "[prep] and [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His brief was to design an item of cutlery with and not for a disabled student . |
| 2 | There are ways in and out for any who are determined to pass . ’ |
| 3 | In order to determine the cause of the patient 's problem it is usual for the doctor to send the laboratory pre and post-operatively for the measurement of electrolyte concentrations . |
| 4 | She fucked him with enthusiasm , they laughed , they did it again and again — on and off for years . |
| 5 | What was attractive about the American consortium approach — and I must emphasise that it was never a take-over bid , Sikorsky 's stake is only eight per cent — was firstly , we had worked with Sikorsky on and off for forty years . |
| 6 | He had been seeing Molly on and off for about six months . |
| 7 | It has been used in jewellery on and off for nearly 1000 years , for crucibles in the laboratory and in industry for nearly 200 years , as a catalyst in industry for 150 years , in the electrical industry for 100 years and now , most recently , in modern metallurgy and medicine . |
| 8 | These devices can be set by you to switch lights on and off for determined periods while you are away from home . |
| 9 | I 've been using a Strat on and off for about five years , and we also hired in Telecasters , Rickenbacker 12-strings , all kinds of stuff . |
| 10 | Nor does it rely principally on my experience in classrooms , though I have been , briefly , a secondary schoolteacher and have been visiting schools and working with young people in a variety of ways on and off for the last sixteen years . |
| 11 | TALKS ‘ ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR ’ , SAYS KAVNER |
| 12 | They 've been going out on and off for years . ’ |
| 13 | We were lovers on and off for three years . |
| 14 | My husband has suffered from heartburn on and off for years and has recently been diagnosed as having a hiatus hernia . |
| 15 | ‘ Thursday : More ‘ set discussions ’ ; I 'm dragging a chair on and off for each sketch : ‘ Re:Pickfords ’ , I mentally mutter . |
| 16 | She lived here on and off for three years . |
| 17 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
| 18 | Both he and Amiss had spent a considerable time comforting Sunil , who had been throwing up on and off for over an hour . |
| 19 | ‘ Having studied these on and off for some days , what is your opinion ? ’ |
| 20 | I 've been doing smack on and off for about five years . |
| 21 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 22 | Coats on and out for bikes etc . |