Example sentences of "and for [noun pl] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pleaded for a regular reading of the Bible , and for sermons which expounded biblical passages , and for the use of the Bible in connection with prayer . |
| 2 | Second , the age at which people marry is closely related to their ability to set up an independent household , and for women who married under the age of 20 the numbers sharing accommodation with relatives changed little between the 1950s and the 1970s ( Holman , 1981 ) . |
| 3 | Burial was a risky business now since the churchyard was constantly swept by fire , and for adults it had been abandoned . |
| 4 | For clinicians who wanted to practise their skills and for nurses who needed the job satisfaction of returning patients to the community , there would be an uphill task with an entirely chronic and elderly population . |
| 5 | Analyses of changes in quality of life were performed separately for patients whose scores were all normal before treatment and for patients who had at least one score ( global score or subgrouping ) that was abnormal — that is , more than two standard deviations above results in normal people . |
| 6 | The Scots rebelled and Charles I had to raise more money for an army to quell the uprising and for funds he had to resort to Parliament who demanded the removal of both Archbishop Laud and the Earl of Stafford . |
| 7 | And for weeks he had been agonising and clashing with colleagues over Europe . |
| 8 | We were warned to keep him out of the bedrooms , and for days we resisted the howls and barks and pneumatic drill impersonations . |
| 9 | I learnt to sleep again , and for days I did not see anybody . |
| 10 | He was a small boy of six who lived just around the corner from her , and for days he had been going on about this great talking parrot his father had given him . |
| 11 | For walking out and for Sundays he had a cord jacket and cord trousers . |
| 12 | Such dreams would not have fitted with her image and for years she had squashed them firmly , but they were still there and the name Andalucía had brought them racing back . |
| 13 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |