Example sentences of "and [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may strike you as unusual but , once mastered , it can be used very quickly and effectively for a variety of purposes : |
| 2 | Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending . |
| 3 | Several people complimented her on the beauty of the surroundings , because it was her picnic and so for a while Wales was her dining-room . |
| 4 | For a circular rod of radius a the form factor F is the same as the moment of area and so for a free-free torsional resonant vibration and for a clamped-free resonance . |
| 5 | He will not feel able to leave , and so for a time he will strive to manage alone . |
| 6 | As the Arches paper is off white , in areas I needed to highlight , and so for an opaque light tone , I would sharpen the leads into a plate and add water until I had a thick consistency a little like gouache , and would apply that direct with a brush in flat colour . |
| 7 | Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes … |
| 8 | Though he did n't say so , he was looking for something more satisfactory for himself and Sien , and perhaps for an extended family if her mother and brother joined them later . |
| 9 | At that moment , and perhaps for an hour afterwards , I was on Cloud Nine — in a state of happiness , contentment , euphoria , joy and utter peace such as I have never experienced before or since : everything is all right , an inner voice said , and everything from now on will always be all right ; how wonderful to know that life can be like this . |
| 10 | One of the workers touches her shoulder , it is only the slightest touch and only for a second . |
| 11 | However , fearing that the UN force would legitimize the loss of its territory to Serbia , Croatia also continued to insist that the force should be deployed only on the 560-km front lines and only for a period of six months . |
| 12 | Such people are radically opposed to the idea of sociologists conducting research on the police and long for a return to a ‘ golden age ’ when the proverbial veil of secrecy surrounded police work . |
| 13 | Then I work out much I want to sell each work for : my first painting sold for £25 , a small fortune then for an art student , and enough for a holiday in Italy . |
| 14 | There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment . |
| 15 | and just for a moment they do n't understand you . |
| 16 | The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past . |
| 17 | ‘ He asked some girls to go up on stage and give him a kiss , and just for a joke I did . |
| 18 | George watched the people rushing about their business and just for a second he wondered what he was doing here . |
| 19 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 20 | She sat up and reached blindly for the clasp of the bra , and just for a moment her breasts swung into view . |
| 21 | But only a few , and just for a moment . |
| 22 | There was no sign of him , nor the hire car , and just for a moment her confidence faltered . |
| 23 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 24 | Everywhere was pitch-black , and just for a moment she could n't think where she was . |
| 25 | Shiona had looked into his face with a stab of emotion , and just for a moment had been unable to speak . |
| 26 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 27 | It was n't difficult for Rachel to understand what her sister had seen in this man , and just for a moment she found herself reluctantly acknowledging the fact that if she did n't know what she did about him she too would find him very attractive . |
| 28 | He glanced up and looked at her again and just for a moment it was as if they were alone in the midst of the hubbub of the fairground . |
| 29 | As soon as his arms closed about her , her body nestled into his as though it belonged there , and just for a moment she allowed herself to lay her forehead against his shoulder . |
| 30 | but when we 've read those we 've got to look up what else Jesus said , remember a few months ago the passage we read from Luke thirteen and they will come from the East and the West and from the North and the South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , they will come he says from all directions , we work and hold and these two scriptures intention , we 've got ta compare one with the other , then we 'll read also John in that tremendous vision in the book of revelation he would he says what he saw there , in chapter seven verse nine after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb , clothe in white robes and palm branches were in their hands and they cried out with a loud voice saying salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb , a handful of people , tiny minority , John says it was a great number , a multitude which no one could count from every nation , from every ethnic group , from every tribe and , and , and , and race on the face of the earth there in God 's heaven how grateful you and I should be , if we are among that number , it 's God 's grace , it 's not that we 've deserved it , it 's not that we have been privileged by some genetic er process to have been born in a so called a nominally Christian country , it is all of God 's grace , it 's not what we have done or what we are , but we have been saved by his grace and just for a few moments this morning , I 'd like us to from this question that was put to Jesus to follow on and if you like get five propositions from it , it sounds complicated but it 's not . |