Example sentences of "[adv prt] and for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However , on May 31 there were reports of widespread support among civil servants and soldiers for the military rulers to step down and for a rapid handover of power to a civilian government .
2 Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry .
3 Then they hit the main road and he opened the bike up and for an awful second she thought she was going to slide off the back .
4 So there is a steady blossoming of congregations ( such as the Chinese Christian Churches in London , Birmingham and Oxford ) initiated by and for a particular ethnic minority group .
5 The man whirled round and for a few seconds the landlord saw his face .
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