Example sentences of "[adv] and [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 Whilst we believe in our biologically-determined nature , there will be no possible utopia apart from these two : a matriarchy run by morally superior women , where desire is excluded , and where our innate niceness means that we can all live happily ever after ; or , we let the chaos out , and we rule fiercely and savagely for a short-lived reign , our ferocious and insatiable desire destroying everything around us .
2 We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’
3 Napier have said that once they get this course up and running there 's absolutely no reason why experienced people like us ca n't dip in and out for a one off
4 We have fought long and hard for a certain amount of privacy in society , especially within the home , but this has not been without cost , and now we search for ways of re-establishing the collective level , as it is a part of women 's nature to do .
5 Our end of the village has thought long and hard for a couple of weeks about John Major 's new honours system and we 've decided to go for it .
6 So erm he travelled backwards and forwards for a year prior to us coming to live here permanently .
7 He was allowed to drive the drill backwards and forwards for a couple of dozen times .
8 Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way .
9 ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year .
10 Pilots spent longer and longer in the air , searching bitterly and recklessly for a quarry .
11 It may strike you as unusual but , once mastered , it can be used very quickly and effectively for a variety of purposes :
12 Even if he makes it he wo n't be up and around for a month at least . ’
13 His ball bounced through the back of the green and he did n't get up and down for a birdie .
14 A close-up crotch shot will eventually do little more than remind the reader that sex without affection is merely moving your legs up and down for a bit and then stopping .
15 He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed .
16 , I just want you to know that I shall never change , but I also want you to allow me to come home now and again for a few days .
17 He was now largely permitted to roam the grounds in freedom , and he came gambolling up to greet Theda with a bark , and then went off exploring again , just keeping the ladies in sight , and returning now and again for a pat or an encouraging word .
18 I ai n't in any real hurry and I stop every now and then for a look round .
19 But no response came from the darkness , and after swaying precariously back and forth for a minute or two , his feet slipped on the twisting bamboo rods and he fell to his knees .
20 She twitched the hand-written parchment pages back and forth for a moment or two looking for them , then caught his amused glance .
21 HIGH Street stores throw open their doors today and tomorrow for a make-or-break final festive shopping weekend .
22 In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission .
23 He glanced up and looked at her again and just for a moment it was as if they were alone in the midst of the hubbub of the fairground .
24 They must try again and again for a compromise that is fair and honourable .
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