Example sentences of "and for [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 For pensioners , the Citizen 's Income will be well above the present pension , and for everyone else it will be about £12.80 a week ( at present prices ) .
2 He had borrowed the ledger one night and read how a member of the Longford militia came galloping up on a foam-flecked horse to the doors of Carewscourt , yelling that the French and Irish had scattered Lake 's army to the four winds and that they were coming south and for everyone to flee , flee , flee if they valued their lives … .
3 This is a condition brought about by the combined effect of evolution and civilisation and for everyone it is quite unavoidable .
4 Hospitals close , trains stop , radar goes on the blink , satellites spin wordlessly in space , and for everyone dialling long distance or local calls , the pips announce that time is finally up .
5 The twins ’ daddy has paid for you and me , Mr Breakspear , and for everyone else on board this boat , but even with all that money and all this boat , we still might not succeed with them . ’
6 If the passengers were encouraged to deal with the hijackers themselves , it would be better for their own self respect and for everyone else .
7 Under communism there would be no exploitation , and society would be run by and for everyone on the basis of equality and community .
8 There has been a recognition of the constraints within which the Trust can plan its long-term management and for everyone a jolting out of the cosy belief that man is master .
9 For Jane 's mother , and for everyone else who knew her , it was difficult to appreciate that this traumatised golfer was the same person as the one to whom , in amateur days , everything had come so easily .
10 The only money they put in to the chief executives and their two yearly pay re review performances that they get , for cutting other people 's wages or contracting Health Services and for somebody to have to travel that distance for a , to die , is absolutely appalling and it 's a disgrace .
11 and for somebody to let her in , but
12 Taxed with this incident as his reason for contriving Shatov 's murder , Verkhovensky replies : ‘ For that reason , and for something else , too .
13 18 carat gold is becoming more and more popular for gold jewellery and for something as special as your wedding ring it is worth spending that little bit more .
14 And for something erm about half a kilometre to the west , so that you get this big wedge which is built up of , of gravel .
15 Charity said quietly , ‘ For ever and for everybody .
16 I thought the idea of kids doing their own thing was that it would be cheap and for everybody , not a clique .
17 And for everybody whose joined after , I think it was last January , we make sure that there is a job description , and that they are given one when they join , and we keep on file erm , but I know that there are loads of people who have been here longer than that some people have got them and they are out of date .
18 The study of something for its own sake , for the sake of knowing , understanding , grasping it and for nothing else , is an essential characteristic of education , lower or higher , though more obviously of higher education .
19 Then the Cid assembled together the Christians in the Alcazar , and when they were assembled , he rose upon his feet and said , Friends and kinsmen and vassals , praised be God and holy Mary Mother , all the good which I have in the world I have here in Valencia ; with hard labour I won the city , and hold it for my heritage , and for nothing less than death will I leave it .
20 On top of which , I 'll put everything in a cardboard box for you free and for nothing . ’
21 All those years of wanting her , and for nothing .
22 The Communist Party could apparently hope for little from the Socialist League and for nothing from the Labour Party .
23 it 's , Sterling is gon na be quite , really good in the future for jobs and for everything .
24 He had wanted for nothing — and for everything .
25 She wanted to be happy with him and for everything to be as it had been before but it did n't seem possible .
26 But Pietro made up for all that and for everything else , or so I thought .
27 To Eric I say a heartfelt merci bien for everything you 're doing at Leeds , and for everything you may yet do to help improve my love life .
28 Meat Loaf came on to a volley of missiles and for one , beautiful moment , it seemed he was going to get down from the stage and beat some arsehole to death .
29 ‘ Do n't know it , ’ the cabbie replied , and for one heart-stopping moment Chant thought he was going to drive on .
30 By-elections for two National Assembly seats in Lyon and for one in Paris were held in two rounds on Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 .
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