Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending . |
| 2 | Several people complimented her on the beauty of the surroundings , because it was her picnic and so for a while Wales was her dining-room . |
| 3 | He certainly liked Alix , and after the demo he took her off for lunch in a pub and then for a walk to his room in King 's , where he showed her his pots and his paintings . |
| 4 | Sometimes you are waiting for a phonecall and sometimes for a touch . |
| 5 | But we only went for half a day at that period and then for a month or so then the troops went away again , we got back into our own school . |
| 6 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 7 | George watched the people rushing about their business and just for a second he wondered what he was doing here . |
| 8 | Wexford had come to talk business and yet for a moment he could not . |
| 9 | Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes … |
| 10 | The ministers , from seven Arab countries , met in Tunis on Thursday night and yesterday for a fresh attempt to resolve the stalemate . |
| 11 | For a circular rod of radius a the form factor F is the same as the moment of area and so for a free-free torsional resonant vibration and for a clamped-free resonance . |
| 12 | but when we 've read those we 've got to look up what else Jesus said , remember a few months ago the passage we read from Luke thirteen and they will come from the East and the West and from the North and the South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , they will come he says from all directions , we work and hold and these two scriptures intention , we 've got ta compare one with the other , then we 'll read also John in that tremendous vision in the book of revelation he would he says what he saw there , in chapter seven verse nine after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb , clothe in white robes and palm branches were in their hands and they cried out with a loud voice saying salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb , a handful of people , tiny minority , John says it was a great number , a multitude which no one could count from every nation , from every ethnic group , from every tribe and , and , and , and race on the face of the earth there in God 's heaven how grateful you and I should be , if we are among that number , it 's God 's grace , it 's not that we 've deserved it , it 's not that we have been privileged by some genetic er process to have been born in a so called a nominally Christian country , it is all of God 's grace , it 's not what we have done or what we are , but we have been saved by his grace and just for a few moments this morning , I 'd like us to from this question that was put to Jesus to follow on and if you like get five propositions from it , it sounds complicated but it 's not . |
| 13 | I 'm not sure about that but I am sure that the relative strength of a South African side is the subject of heated debate all over the rugby world and , depending on who you speak to , the ‘ Boks are either the true World Champions or a collection of dinosaurs , hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and in for a rude awakening . |
| 14 | What 's happened is , of course , that as the costs have fallen and the micros have come in through the door so they 're very much smaller , erm it all becomes possible for the whole of society and not for a tiny elite . |
| 15 | One of the workers touches her shoulder , it is only the slightest touch and only for a second . |
| 16 | Six times he has burst into the line and over for a try . |
| 17 | In addition to the time lag while the act was being understood , it can take up to four years for an insolvency practitioner to lodge a report and then for a disqualification order to be made . |
| 18 | A man came into her house asking after a neighbour and then for a glass of water . |
| 19 | Behind them stood the big brothers of the computing world , the Primes , Vax 's and assorted IBM mainframes , more powerful and versatile in their capabilities and developing slow and awkward means of communication and portability with a degree of interactive processing that still left time for coffee and often for a three course meal . |
| 20 | Three , you could arrange payment of the deposit as requested , possibly for a certain period of time and possibly for a smaller amount than demanded , this would no doubt by in the process of the licence . |