Example sentences of "down and for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rate of economic growth in Britain slowed down and for a period was in absolute decline . |
| 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 | I peered down and for a moment believed that I had come on Percy Bysshe Shelley . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The hijackers jumped down and for a minute it looked as if they were going to try to fight their way out . |