Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] and for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now put me down and for goodness ’ sake behave ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If anyone supposes ’ , she wrote , ‘ that my power of speaking was a gift that came naturally to me , without any effort on my part , let them once and for all dispossess themselves of any such ideas . |
| 3 | He had decided that it was time to think things through and settle them once and for all , but whenever he started thinking about Zeinab thoughts became memories of touch and smell and look and emotion and he became most unsettled . |
| 4 | He was issued with a ‘ Soldier 's Catechism ’ which asked , ‘ What side are you on and for whom do you fight ? ’ |
| 5 | Have you summoned the ancient golden strength , to bind me to you once and for all time ? |
| 6 | I know too that you can never be with me here and for that reason I have taken a decision . |
| 7 | And if that happened , whether it became a matter for him personally and for the proposed new squad would depend on how great the scandal , how real the suspicion and of what precisely . |
| 8 | Ramsey was sent to two dames ' schools in succession but learnt so little that his parents took him away and for a year he was taught at home by his mother . |
| 9 | Had he simply desired her he would have taken both her and the consequences then and there , booted that evil-looking brute of a dog aside , and made love to her , gloried in her , possessed her once and for all , on the hearth-rug . |
| 10 | But then , instead of returning to the siege of Pons , he led his army in May 1179 to the enterprise which was to establish him once and for all as an acknowledged expert in the vital art of siege warfare : the capture of Taillebourg . |
| 11 | He believed , and she had once heard him say , that eventually she would , naturally , come round to his way of thinking , and she had vowed to work harder at the study of English literature in order to learn enough words to refute him once and for all . |
| 12 | Rose tried to throw her off and for a moment they became an indistinguishable tangle of clawing arms and jerking feet . |
| 13 | Therefore I compromise and send her to Calcutta with her grandmother and suffer pangs of guilt both for packing her off and for conforming to my elitist background . |
| 14 | He had moved South when Stan Anderson signed him up and for nearly two decades , Mr Keen travelled thousands of miles preparing dossiers on Boro 's future opponents . |
| 15 | ‘ And though some people may damn me irrevocably and for ever , in the nature of things my profession and my work will open new relations to me , that much fresher for not having been frozen , hardened , and made sterile by old prejudices . ’ |
| 16 | However , some companies employ large numbers of legal staff , so there is opportunity both for those who like to go it alone and for those who thrive on team spirit . |
| 17 | This is a serious point , and I sat on the bridge thinking about how to settle it once and for all . |
| 18 | Gloucester thereupon went off to capture Berwick-upon-Tweed and , after thirteen changes of ownership over the centuries , made it once and for all English . |
| 19 | The pattern of 0s and 1s is ‘ burned ’ into it once and for all on manufacture . |
| 20 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 21 | Maybe the smoker will realise how disgusting his habit is when he hopefully decides to kick it once and for all and stop relying on the NHS as a safety net . |
| 22 | The threat had hung like a sword over his head for years and he wanted to confront it once and for all . |
| 23 | But we will make much better use of the medium if we seek to use it differently and for different reasons . |
| 24 | It was entitled ‘ The Condemned Cell ? ’ and I cut it out and for some while it was on my desk . |
| 25 | She wrote : ‘ let us once and for all dismiss this talk of ‘ a woman 's painting ’ and ‘ a man 's painting ’ . |