Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To mark the occasion ULSS staff past and present met up for an evening . |
| 2 | Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football . |
| 3 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 4 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 5 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 6 | Rex moved in for a cuddle . |
| 7 | His eyes clouded over for a moment , and his voice became gruff . |
| 8 | A LAWYER acting for Mrs Winnie Mandela appealed yesterday for an end to press speculation about her marriage to Mr Nelson Mandela as further reports surfaced alleging links with yet another township murder . |
| 9 | A CONVICTED killer allowed out for a stroll in the grounds of a mental hospital just kept walking — and was still missing yesterday , 24 hours later . |
| 10 | On the fringe of the political scene , the Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for a coalition under a new leader and various important figures in the City of London let it be known that a Socialist Government would be a financial disaster . |
| 11 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 12 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 13 | Kafy 's eyes lit up for a moment , and then shut him out . |
| 14 | His eyes lit up for a moment at that . |
| 15 | That summer football waited anxiously for a decision on the future of the League competition . |
| 16 | I lay for an hour until the wind subsided enough for a hill to show two miles away . |
| 17 | But Dzagnidze then followed his own kick for a try in the corner , and Mironov swept through for a try that Dzagnidze converted . |
| 18 | Ottaviani stayed away for a fortnight . |
| 19 | Visitors Cholmondeley held out for a draw on 130 for seven . |
| 20 | And she found her eyes drifting to examine his left hand , noting that as usual he was wearing no rings , hating the way hope stirred foolishly for a moment . |
| 21 | Jake checked only for an instant . |
| 22 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 23 | But the attitude of women content to stay in their middle-level comfort zones came in for a lot too — not only from a male chief executive who had seen one of his recruits retreat from the fast track , but from senior female executives as well who felt women ‘ should take their share of responsibility for low applications for senior jobs . ’ |
| 24 | Fergus drove on for a while . |
| 25 | oh look at the sky it 's grey , the sun came out for a minute , but it 's all grey again , oh , this sides ever so stiff |
| 26 | John Hawker powered through for a try . |
| 27 | Both had in May called publicly for a return to a multiparty system . |
| 28 | Stowing her bag by her feet , Loretta settled down for an hour 's read . |
| 29 | Mr Yeltsin secured the required number of votes in his third attempt in four days , just as President Gorbachov flew off for a visit to Canada prior to his summit with President Bush in America . |
| 30 | Ruth looked round for a clock , but there was no clock in the room . |