Example sentences of "and [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may strike you as unusual but , once mastered , it can be used very quickly and effectively for a variety of purposes : |
| 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 will not feel able to leave , and so for a time he will strive to manage alone . |
| 4 | Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes … |
| 5 | He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed . |
| 6 | A close-up crotch shot will eventually do little more than remind the reader that sex without affection is merely moving your legs up and down for a bit and then stopping . |
| 7 | His ball bounced through the back of the green and he did n't get up and down for a birdie . |
| 8 | One of the workers touches her shoulder , it is only the slightest touch and only for a second . |
| 9 | However , fearing that the UN force would legitimize the loss of its territory to Serbia , Croatia also continued to insist that the force should be deployed only on the 560-km front lines and only for a period of six months . |
| 10 | Such people are radically opposed to the idea of sociologists conducting research on the police and long for a return to a ‘ golden age ’ when the proverbial veil of secrecy surrounded police work . |
| 11 | Then I work out much I want to sell each work for : my first painting sold for £25 , a small fortune then for an art student , and enough for a holiday in Italy . |
| 12 | This small band wish the possession of this large section of Oregon simply for room to gratify a wild , roaming disposition , and not for a home . ’ |
| 13 | Was n't I told you have to hold them tight and not for a minute take your eyes off them ? |
| 14 | There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment . |
| 15 | George watched the people rushing about their business and just for a second he wondered what he was doing here . |
| 16 | ‘ He asked some girls to go up on stage and give him a kiss , and just for a joke I did . |
| 17 | and just for a moment they do n't understand you . |
| 18 | She sat up and reached blindly for the clasp of the bra , and just for a moment her breasts swung into view . |
| 19 | But only a few , and just for a moment . |
| 20 | There was no sign of him , nor the hire car , and just for a moment her confidence faltered . |
| 21 | Everywhere was pitch-black , and just for a moment she could n't think where she was . |
| 22 | Shiona had looked into his face with a stab of emotion , and just for a moment had been unable to speak . |
| 23 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 24 | It was n't difficult for Rachel to understand what her sister had seen in this man , and just for a moment she found herself reluctantly acknowledging the fact that if she did n't know what she did about him she too would find him very attractive . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | As soon as his arms closed about her , her body nestled into his as though it belonged there , and just for a moment she allowed herself to lay her forehead against his shoulder . |
| 27 | Six times he has burst into the line and over for a try . |
| 28 | But the sailing date kept being put back : first for lack of volunteers , then because of uncertainty about the activities of ubiquitous Francis Drake — who disliked other privateers poaching prizes he regarded as his own — and finally for a wealth of reasons so small that Ann began to suspect that they were nothing more than a smoke screen , to hide her husband 's ever-increasing infatuation with Miss Jennifer Gristy . |
| 29 | It is also to proclaim a message about Jesus — and therein for a feminist lie all the problems . |
| 30 | The widow told me that she went out twice a day — once very early for shopping and once for a walk towards evening — but never where the passeggiata took place . |