Example sentences of "and [conj] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And where for a moment a gap had shown between her boot-top and her heat-suit , a midnight vein swooped across the wall to form a bulge that thickened out towards the naked skin of her leg . |
| 2 | I 'd always thought it would be embarrassing to have a man undress you , especially the suspenders which are so ugly and comic , but I helped , and except for the girdle which must be the most resistant , unromantic garment since the chastity belt , it was all easy and delightful . |
| 3 | But I am not you , and except for the shadow-elms I see little evidence of genesis from you — you are moving too fast , perhaps . |
| 4 | And if for the time being , that 's a high price , then that is one of the things that we 've got to accept as part of what 's going on in the Gulf , however painful that may be . |
| 5 | We arrived safely on the 19th [ 18 September according to the Hobart Town Courier ] of September in excellent health , and but for the thoughts of those we left behind should also be in good spirits as our prospects here are in many respects cheering . |
| 6 | Both of these measures had been under discussion for a number of years , and but for the war there is every reason to believe they would have been enacted earlier . |
| 7 | Altogether it lasted a month and but for the neighbours rallying around and taking care of me I would have ended up in hospital . |
| 8 | The young stonemason had suffered terrible head injuries and but for the attentions of a passing doctor , would have died at the scene of the accident . |
| 9 | And as for a study tour , well , that 's just an all expenses paid holiday for two or three weeks . |
| 10 | He had practised in the car , but there was no money for lessons and as for a car of his own ! |
| 11 | And as for the way he used to order you around — ’ |
| 12 | Truly I make but a stammering companion , I have no graces , and as for the wit you may have perceived in me when we met , you saw , you must have seen , only the glimmerings and glister of your own brilliance refracted from the lumpen surface of a dead Moon . |
| 13 | And as for the guns that are supposed to be missing from Taigh na Tuir , I can tell you all you want to know about that . |
| 14 | ‘ Of witnesses we have no need , and as for the evidence , why … four barrels of brandy obligingly carried in by the accused themselves . |
| 15 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 16 | There is nothing that is infinitely irresistible nor that is truly immovable , and as for the idea of a ‘ substance impossible to contain' — that , I decided , was a fiendish invention designed to get me into a muddle as I was sure that such a substance would be a manifest impossibility in practice . |
| 17 | Dogs Today 's most talented dog star , Emma , impressed the crowd with her routine of tricks , and as for the singing dogs — read about that elsewhere ! |
| 18 | And as for the delay in writing , do n't you have any idea how time-consuming it is , looking after someone who 's been paralysed by a stroke ? ’ |
| 19 | She did not fear the rats ; a certain set of mind would keep them away from her in small furry terror , and as for the police-gangs , she could be awake and away before ever they reached her . |
| 20 | And as for the law ? |
| 21 | Harringay — they 've took a few from Chelmsford , and as for the Blackburn Black Hawks , they used to be your team mates . |
| 22 | The new novelists , in any case , were nothing like under-privileged ; and as for the welfare state , it had been founded by the Asquith government after 1908 and was new , by the 1950s , only by recent extension . |
| 23 | Metalheads had Donington , goths had the Electric Ballroom , Stranglers fans had each other and as for the rest , well , too bad . |
| 24 | And Garland had answered : ‘ I like it as it is , and as for the windows , that muck is a natural filter for the light and if any interfering bastard ever cleaned 'em I 'd twist his credentials off . ’ |
| 25 | Bright eyes and bushy tails are at a distinct premium among this bunch , and as for the brotherhood of man , their idea of that is that if someone disagrees with you , you kill him . |
| 26 | And as for the Jew , no one can deny that his whole history is one of bitterness , persecution , and tragedy . |
| 27 | ‘ Rave ’ is now a dirty word , ‘ Manchester ’ is best forgotten , and as for the Mondays , how daft must it feel to be a rebel role model for spotty teenagers when you 've got kids yourself ? |
| 28 | And as for the drinking , that should have been obvious to anyone . |
| 29 | Opening Poole 's letter on a visit to Bristol City Library , he began at once to write the first of two wildly intemperate replies : the country round Iron Acton was ‘ intolerably flat ’ ; Bristol contained no friends of his beyond Cottle and Estlin ( Wade was going away ) ; and as for the cottage , he would make it do . |
| 30 | ‘ And as for the Vancouver race , ’ she went on blithely , ‘ Laurentide Ice might as well melt right now , but Sparrowgrass and Voting Right are both in with a good chance . |