Example sentences of "it once and for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a serious point , and I sat on the bridge thinking about how to settle it once and for all . |
| 2 | Gloucester thereupon went off to capture Berwick-upon-Tweed and , after thirteen changes of ownership over the centuries , made it once and for all English . |
| 3 | The pattern of 0s and 1s is ‘ burned ’ into it once and for all on manufacture . |
| 4 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 5 | Maybe the smoker will realise how disgusting his habit is when he hopefully decides to kick it once and for all and stop relying on the NHS as a safety net . |
| 6 | The threat had hung like a sword over his head for years and he wanted to confront it once and for all . |