Example sentences of "[adv prt] and for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't asked him how he thought he was going to get in and for one terrible minute I thought he was going to shoot the lock and kick the door in . |
| 2 | Er , the European project goes on and for many of the newer generations in this place , it 's not longer an article of faith er but a part of the political landscape that has to be dealt with on merit and it 's all the more ludicrous therefore Mr Deputy Speaker , that the Conservatives ' internal divisions over Maastricht have led to a situation where candidates for the ever more important European elections are only now being selected in certain seats , just fourteen weeks before the election . |
| 3 | We had Friday afternoons off and for that job I got £16 a week . " |
| 4 | A long quarter swell built up and for four days and nights the carrack raced along , slipping backwards down each wave as it overtook her , wallowing heavily as the next one came up astern , and making a dazzling white wake that trailed astern like a huge , ragged scar across the aquamarine ocean . |
| 5 | Wheeziness which is like this and is worse ( < ) damp weather , better ( > ) sitting up and for fresh air . |
| 6 | It was as if the sun had suddenly come out and for all his age and infirmity , Lovat caught his breath . |
| 7 | Their emergency rations ran out and for three days they had just water . |
| 8 | Often the only way for that to happen was for those already in the cities to move out and for those contemplating a move in not to come . |
| 9 | It was entitled ‘ The Condemned Cell ? ’ and I cut it out and for some while it was on my desk . |
| 10 | The film comes to Liverpool 's MGM Cinema on November 20 so you can see what all the fuss was about and for free if you win one of the TEN double tickets we have to give away , along with T-shirts and soundtracks . |