Example sentences of "[adv] and [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was worried about a pair of wild barn owls : they had been nesting in her barn for years and she knew there were young up there , but had n't seen the parent birds going in and out for several days . |
| 2 | Jazzbeaux had been wearing them on and off for two days . |
| 3 | You can either run some contrast knit rows between each sample , or cast on and off for each one . |
| 4 | A 30 year old woman presented with asthma which she had on and off for 3 years . |
| 5 | But , apart from a winter break , whatever is planned around the 23rd relates to one specific plan or association which has been on and off for several months and is now back on again . |
| 6 | And friendship with Clan Diarmaid , that we 've been fighting off and on for five generations ! |
| 7 | He strolled up and down for five minutes then , on the dot of ten , dropped the fat envelope through the letter-box of the apartment-house . |
| 8 | I walked up and down for two or three minutes , then I said : ‘ Henry , go back to these men . |
| 9 | She walked up and down for some time , looking and sniffing , but not touching , and he waited by the door in the shadows and watched her . |
| 10 | It is mowed by one man walking up and down for 54 green miles . |
| 11 | You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks . |
| 12 | Bikers get more out of life , so climb down off your exercycle and get out and about for some fresh air . |