Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] and for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The game lasted three days mainly because Sampson batted so well and for five hours , making 81 ( 68 runs with the bat and 13 wides ) . |
| 2 | Yet if we are going to approach language as isolated artificially constructed sentences , even if only occasionally and for limited purposes , we do need to make a case for this , and not just do it because that is the tradition : in the mother tongue classroom , for the foreign language learner , or in linguistics . |
| 3 | The physical body or matter vibrates at the slowest or densest frequency ; the subtle body , like electricity , vibrates much faster and for this reason we are usually unaware of its existence . |
| 4 | Equating grade C with a pass was just historical , harking back to the days of the O-level , he explained , and the Government was keen to get away once and for all from the pass/fail idea . |
| 5 | This was once Oloron 's cathedral , in the centuries up until 1790 , when the French Revolution did away once and for all with the bishopric . |
| 6 | Sadly he died shortly afterwards and for many reasons it was some months before I used the disc . |
| 7 | Bigger animals , such as humans , horses , and cows , have relatively more dark meat , made of many slow muscle fibres that can sustain activity much more cheaply and for longer periods than fast fibres . |
| 8 | During a hesitant phase , a speaker would pause more often and for longer periods in the long clauses , than during a fluent phase . |
| 9 | An obvious answer is to have this basic groundwork done by a much smaller group who would meet more regularly and for longer periods at a stretch . |
| 10 | Gardeners have been arguing about this for years , so I hope we can clear the matter up now once and for all . |
| 11 | The horrors must be stopped everywhere once and for all . |
| 12 | I took this threat rather lightly and for good reason , because some fifteen minutes later he was on the telephone to me talking about a completely different matter , as though the previous conversation had never taken place . |
| 13 | This is never once and for all , but slowly and more or less surely . |
| 14 | He started shaking if you said ‘ Hello ’ too loudly and for several hours after his punishment felt very hungry because he could n't hold a knife and fork long enough to get the food into his mouth . |