Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 2 p.m. a big KC 135 tanker lifted off from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington and headed for a mid-air rendezvous with the Eagle at 45,000 feet over the eastern seaboard . |
| 2 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 3 | But I am long on stamina and waited for a red-breasted merganser aimlessly doing nothing under the cliff on which lay the dozing duo . |
| 4 | Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus . |
| 5 | They stayed on the hill and talked for a long time . |
| 6 | But erm , if so , please get in touch before Wednesday as they 've , he rang me up last night and asked for a final figure from us which he must |
| 7 | At the crash from the front door he came out of his chair and reached for a twelve-bore shotgun that lay on the pine table . |
| 8 | THE Bundesbank indicated yesterday that there were no immediate plans to reduce interest rates and pleaded for a rigorous savings campaign by Germans to combat rising debts . |
| 9 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 10 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 11 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 12 | As he seized the Thompson and dived for a rear door window , he heard shattering as a bullet came through the back window . |
| 13 | I recalled those days at school and looked for a sympathetic response . |
| 14 | Back home safely , I made a cuppa and sat for a good hour revelling in my favourite magazine . |
| 15 | In 1833 Biscoe was appointed to the Hopefull and Rose for a similar expedition , but resigned before sailing . |
| 16 | The Assistant Chief Constable had mentally spoken a prayer for self-control and asked for a brief statement . |