Example sentences of "[adj] and for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one there that was empty and for a long long while . |
| 2 | This integrating combination has a long time-constant and for a momentary pulse output from IC2 does not allow the voltage across capacitor C5 to rise much above the ground . |
| 3 | Sophie looked aghast and for a moment they stared at each other . |
| 4 | It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed . |
| 5 | Ruth felt her throat go dry and for a moment her body yielded to something she would rather not have recognised — a need for another sort of passion in her life . |
| 6 | In the corner was a large gilt cage containing a number of stuffed birds with glossy black plumage , yellow beaks and sharp little eyes ; they were disconcertingly lifelike and for a moment Melanie thought they were real . |
| 7 | His was the quiet type of a Christ-lived life , and his influence was marked for good and for a strong quality of wisdom which left its mark upon many whom he came in contact with from day to day . |
| 8 | Thanks to the site 's owners , the Guiting Manor Amenity Trust , excavation continues to search for signs of those whose victim has lain undisturbed for so long and for a reason why the site was built so carefully in a line with the mid-summer sun . |
| 9 | For half of Oxfordshire teachers , outsiders were not very involved and for a further quarter not involved at all . |
| 10 | He looked puzzled and for a better description . |
| 11 | A partnership can , I believe , be temporary and for a fixed purpose . |
| 12 | He lifted one palm uppermost and for a moment seemed half swayed , but his scepticism reasserted itself and he gave an aggressive jerk of his head . |
| 13 | The R.S.F. was equally adamant and for a while , the management held out the driver was responsible was to be reprimanded . |
| 14 | in a pub he was , got drunk and for a twenty pound bet shaved off all his hair . |
| 15 | It happened almost overnight and for a long time nobody even heard of him . ’ |
| 16 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 17 | The boys had local reactions and quickly recovered but his wife 's arm became very inflamed and for a time her condition gave cause for concern . |
| 18 | Some compare Portia 's characteristics to that of the Queen at the time — Elizabeth I. Women were thought of being inferior and for a woman to have so much power was a very rare situation . |
| 19 | David 's mother smiled then and her lovely face looked suddenly young and for a moment hardly tired at all . |
| 20 | Our consciousness merge , one with the other and for a fleeting moment in time , it touches the unmanifested half in the other , creating an inner union of perfection . |
| 21 | The boy was ragged and dirty and for a moment he stood transfixed staring at Hari and Will as though he could n't believe his eyes . |
| 22 | Dan 's face was scarlet and for a fleeting second Kate felt ashamed of herself . |