Example sentences of "[adv prt] and for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rate of economic growth in Britain slowed down and for a period was in absolute decline . |
| 2 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 3 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 4 | However , on May 31 there were reports of widespread support among civil servants and soldiers for the military rulers to step down and for a rapid handover of power to a civilian government . |
| 5 | The hijackers jumped down and for a minute it looked as if they were going to try to fight their way out . |
| 6 | The amendment by an expatriate Scot , George Cunningham ( Labour , Islington ) , by ensuring that a 40 per cent vote of the electorate ( not simply of those voting ) would have to be achieved for a devolution bill to go through and for a repeal order not to be tabled , made devolution , at least for Wales , virtually an impossibility . |
| 7 | The Church of purgatory was the " suffering " Church and the dead for Innocent existed only through and for the living . |
| 8 | A very gallant gentleman at the next table came over and for no particular reason , kissed my hand ! |
| 9 | Soon it would all be over and for the water sport enthusiasts , this was the final opportunity to ride the crest of the wave until the next bore in March . |
| 10 | Rose tried to throw her off and for a moment they became an indistinguishable tangle of clawing arms and jerking feet . |
| 11 | Then he looked up and for a moment he was so amazed that he forgot the misery . |
| 12 | I wake up and for a moment I think I 'm at home or at Caroline 's . |
| 13 | Then they hit the main road and he opened the bike up and for an awful second she thought she was going to slide off the back . |
| 14 | The messenger ambled out and for no good reason everybody stopped talking until they heard the lock click . |
| 15 | So there is a steady blossoming of congregations ( such as the Chinese Christian Churches in London , Birmingham and Oxford ) initiated by and for a particular ethnic minority group . |
| 16 | The man whirled round and for a few seconds the landlord saw his face . |