Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for an [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , er what to think , oh I ca n't think of any words , oh we 're going to go off for an interview now anyway . |
| 2 | But what 's really scary is that I often lie there for an age afterwards thinking , ‘ Just what will I do , if this dream should ever come true ? ’ |
| 3 | The car gave a roar , then slowly moved out of the garage ; the dim side-lights showed a pale flicker on the back of the house , then swung around for an instant on to the gardens . |
| 4 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , on Tuesday I believe , we shall all be gathered here for an evening together . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you 're in the top 10 and let go even for an instant then you might as well be 200 , ’ she says . |
| 7 | Dr Tehyi Hsieh took five curtain calls after that lecture , and I went back-stage for an interview afterwards . |
| 8 | If you are in this situation and have a friend who will come in for an evening so that you can go out , accept their offer for both your sakes . |
| 9 | I 'll come back for an answer later on ! ’ |
| 10 | Lewis drove and hooked stylishly for an hour when opportunity offered , before Cairns showed the close fieldsmen how to do it by taking a superb diving catch at gully . |
| 11 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |