Example sentences of "[adv] and [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Warren Beatty was flitting in and out for visits , because his sister , Shirley MacLaine , was also there . |
2 | He said they are a nuisance sometimes keep coming in and out for stuff but he said that 's childlike . |
3 | Clinton had cast himself as the candidate of new economic opportunity and appealed over and over for voters to summon the ‘ courage to change ’ by electing him and running mate Al Gore . |
4 | She 'd known its cut and thrust on and off for years now . |
5 | The Election had been on and off for weeks now . |
6 | After a few years caddying on and off for de Vicenzo , Dave went into full-time caddying in the mid-1970s , although he was still doing work other than caddying when he took the bag of Vicente Fernandez . |
7 | He was a Hollywood man , used to having huge cranes going up and down for musicals . ’ |
8 | Up and down for Russell and me |
9 | The day began like any other , except that the bells of St James 's Church seemed to peal with more exhilaration than they ever did on a Sunday , and Sarah pictured the ringers jumping up and down for joy at the ends of their stout ropes . |
10 | There is nobody jumping up and down for joy at the news , and morale , which has been comatose , now has a sense of mortality hanging over it . |
11 | Sally-Anne could have jumped up and down for joy . |
12 | A week later I took two children and the three of us got there and back for £40.50 , which does seem a comparative snip . |