Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether at work , at home or out for the evening , always keep them close at hand . |
| 2 | Such grants are based on the Statute of Monopolies 1623 , which , while in general prohibiting the grant of monopolies , made an exception in favour of patents ‘ for the term of fourteen years or under for the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within the realm to the true and first inventor or inventors of such manufactures , which others at the time of making such letters patent and grants shall not use ’ . |
| 3 | A 17,000-foot volcano called Nevada del Ruiz , which seems to have been slumbering off and on for the past four hundred years , erupted and melted the snow and ice which covered most of its upper reaches , giving rise to an estimated seventy-five million cubic yards ’ mudslide . |
| 4 | His ball bounced through the back of the green and he did n't get up and down for a birdie . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'm not sure about that but I am sure that the relative strength of a South African side is the subject of heated debate all over the rugby world and , depending on who you speak to , the ‘ Boks are either the true World Champions or a collection of dinosaurs , hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and in for a rude awakening . |
| 9 | Six times he has burst into the line and over for a try . |
| 10 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
| 11 | TALKS ‘ ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR ’ , SAYS KAVNER |
| 12 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
| 13 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
| 14 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 15 | Speaking last night from the motel in Kelowna , 400 miles north of Vancouver , where she has lived on and off for the last three years , Mrs Allan said : ‘ I am not coming home until I have got my child . |
| 16 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 17 | Nor does it rely principally on my experience in classrooms , though I have been , briefly , a secondary schoolteacher and have been visiting schools and working with young people in a variety of ways on and off for the last sixteen years . |
| 18 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 19 | We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Napier have said that once they get this course up and running there 's absolutely no reason why experienced people like us ca n't dip in and out for a one off |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day . |
| 24 | They made it to the end of the road in Bombay where all the cars had to be steam cleaned inside and out for the last leg of the journey . |
| 25 | ‘ Work was done to improve the station 's appearance both inside and out for the benefit of customers , ’ said Mr Speke . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Even if he makes it he wo n't be up and around for a month at least . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She should n't be out and about for the rest of the year in my view . ’ |
| 29 | The insects are out and about for the same reason as us , moving at night to beat the midday heat at the very centre of the Grand Canyon . |
| 30 | He 'd scattered a few items around the place so that anybody looking in through the window would get the impression that the owner was in residence but out for the day or the evening : a box of tissues and some magazines in the main room , a half-empty bottle of fresh milk and some crockery draining in the kitchen . |