Example sentences of "and [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | His ball bounced through the back of the green and he did n't get up and down for a birdie . |
| 4 | Comprehensively equipped with electric windows ( one touch up and down for the driver ) , central locking power mirrors and so on , the finish reflects the fact that they take a bit of trouble up in Sunderland . |
| 5 | Six times he has burst into the line and over for a try . |
| 6 | TALKS ‘ ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR ’ , SAYS KAVNER |
| 7 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
| 8 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
| 9 | As our metabolic rate slows down , it is easier to put on weight and harder to lose it and those first painful steps of the morning crawl down the stairs and out for a run seem to take longer . |
| 10 | Now here takes over , under pressure he is from Chris back inside his own half , taking over is Nicky , blasts that one forward towards Graham he 's trying to hook it out to on this right hand side and that one goes well beyond David and out for a throw-in . |
| 11 | She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day . |
| 12 | ‘ Work was done to improve the station 's appearance both inside and out for the benefit of customers , ’ said Mr Speke . |
| 13 | Her mother had reacted to the subject in a predictable way , and had expatiated at some length about the absurdity of taking a dress all the way to Paris and back for the sake of one evening 's amusement , but in the end she had consented to do something about it . |
| 14 | Even if he makes it he wo n't be up and around for a month at least . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ She should n't be out and about for the rest of the year in my view . ’ |