Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [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 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So erm he travelled backwards and forwards for a year prior to us coming to live here permanently . |
| 5 | He was allowed to drive the drill backwards and forwards for a couple of dozen times . |
| 6 | Pilots spent longer and longer in the air , searching bitterly and recklessly for a quarry . |
| 7 | It may strike you as unusual but , once mastered , it can be used very quickly and effectively for a variety of purposes : |
| 8 | , 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I ai n't in any real hurry and I stop every now and then for a look round . |
| 11 | Been to it before but not for a long time . |
| 12 | He had seen her weep before but only for a sick horse , and he was awe-struck . |
| 13 | HIGH Street stores throw open their doors today and tomorrow for a make-or-break final festive shopping weekend . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They must try again and again for a compromise that is fair and honourable . |
| 18 | Viscount Palmerston had taken over as Prime Minister by then only to lose that position to Lord Derby again but only for a year , as the Liberals were able to take control of Parliament in 1859 , with Viscount Palmerston remaining as Prime Minister until 1865 , during which period many changes took place . |