Example sentences of "and for [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television had brought golf to the working class and for just a moment television gave us an idea of what it meant to them . |
| 2 | Then he turned to Rachel and for just a moment allowed his gaze to meet hers . |
| 3 | The parrot-in-the-chimney affair quite definitely cooled both parents down a lot and for over a week they were comparatively civil to their small daughter . |
| 4 | There had been heated argument in the Supreme Soviet about the method of electing a President , and for over a week members of the opposition Democratic Party of Tadjikistan had been on hunger strike in support of popular elections . |
| 5 | They had played in the mound of and for over an hour . |
| 6 | The dividing wall holding this tank only attracts sunlight from one side and for only a couple of hours a day , and only at the height of summer . |
| 7 | He wrote articles for the magazine of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society , of which he was a founder , and for long a member of council . |
| 8 | Tersteeg , his ex-employer and for long a friend of the family , wrote him a disapproving letter . |
| 9 | Ken appreciated it and for almost a quarter of a century afterwards they would be close friends . |
| 10 | She did n't reply , and for about a minute they sat in silence , facing each other . |
| 11 | About twelve midnight the German positions in the village were over-run , and for about an hour the enemy mortaring in the farm area ceased . |
| 12 | He 's a soldier that gives everything ; throws himself at the enemy and for once every ball , he touched finished in the back of the net . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's perfect , ’ the woman had said ; and for once a shop assistant had said no more than the truth . |
| 14 | The BBC 's Ski Sunday made Val d'Isere its TV curtainraiser , and for once the Criterium of the First Snow could boast a carpet of real snow . |
| 15 | ‘ I d-do n't know , Sir , ’ Lexandro stuttered ; and for once the title of Sir came sincerely to his lips . |
| 16 | And for once the finale — everyone coming together to sing Dylan 's Chimes of Freedom — seemed not corny but exactly right . |
| 17 | She felt as if he was paying homage to their love , his every caress a thanksgiving , and for once the wildness left them alone so their loving was a thing of tenderness and healing , of joy and celebration . |
| 18 | I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score . |