Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 2 | She felt an overwhelming urge to lick her lips and fought it for a while till her treacherous tongue simply shot out — only to be retracted slowly , under Lucenzo 's predatory eyes . |
| 3 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 4 | He slammed the full magazine into the weapon and gripped it for a moment , the veins in his temple throbbing angrily . |
| 5 | She caught Stephen 's eye and held it for a second . |
| 6 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 7 | In the end she had taken the brooch back to the shop and exchanged it for a plain silver cross on a chain . |
| 8 | The task of implementing this change of policy fell on Roger Brown , then editor in succession to Ralph Gee , who had been responsible for the printing of the paper for many years and edited it for a short period . |
| 9 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 10 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 11 | He leaned back in his chair and surveyed her for a moment . |
| 12 | Kelly returned his kiss and held it for a fraction longer than she should have . |
| 13 | Yesterday , two Norfolk men who kidnapped a prime suspect and took him for a ride were sent to prison for five years and apparently the suspect did not even get a police caution . |
| 14 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 15 | Nick reached across the table , took her hand and held it for a moment . |
| 16 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |
| 17 | After a time , his doctor friend had seen enough of his extremity and took him for a drink in the airport bar . |
| 18 | He multiplied the clones in the glasshouse and screened them for a variety of characters ( Fig. 16.3 ) . |
| 19 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 20 | The attendants folded the clothes and exchanged them for a token , before placing them upon tiers of racks . |
| 21 | I can do is , Mary had a metal cow she milked it with a spanner , she took it to the market and sold it for a tanner . |
| 22 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |