Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it might be an excellent idea if you forgot about everything else for a minute and let me hold you . ’ |
| 2 | On leaving the castle , the dapper-suited President Havel , more at home in sweater and jeans , stood with everyone else for a rendering of the national anthem . |
| 3 | I just could n't go and get off with someone just for a joke , I could n't do it . |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't really believe I went to bed with you just for a story ? ’ |
| 5 | , we wo n't be dealing with anybody else for a while , I can tell you . |
| 6 | He reached for the Caithness paperweight on his desk and fiddled with it absently for a moment . |
| 7 | Then , opening them again , she resumed her earlier apologetic furtiveness and , like a nocturnal animal twitching before a predator , begged her sister not to laugh , not to make fun of her , not to comment straight away or say she was an idiot or slap her down , but please , please , to let her have her dream about him just for a night . |
| 8 | Why do n't you pick on somebody else for a change ? |
| 9 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 10 | Well just talk to us now for a second . |
| 11 | In every other respect , the manoeuvres will mimic what would happen during World War III , adding a novel experience for anyone out for a drive on Sunday afternoon during a practice run . |
| 12 | She looked up at me steadily for a moment before she spoke . |
| 13 | He looked at me quietly for a moment . |
| 14 | She stared at me blankly for a moment , then turned and went back to the sitting room . |
| 15 | He stared at her steadily for a moment and then nodded . |
| 16 | He looked at her steadily for a moment and then his hard expression softened considerably . |
| 17 | He stared at her incredulously for a moment , then , as he began to speak , she forestalled him . |
| 18 | Detective Inspector Aziz looked at her carefully for a minute . |
| 19 | He tilted her face , looking at her deeply for a moment and then letting her go . |
| 20 | Her mother looked at her vacantly for a moment , then she said in a weak voice , ‘ My poor girl . |
| 21 | We gazed at her blankly for a moment before recovering and saying we would , please . |
| 22 | Lissa stared at her blankly for a moment . |
| 23 | He stared at her blankly for a moment . |
| 24 | He stared at her bleakly for a moment then turned on his heel . |
| 25 | She stared at him hopelessly for a fraction of a second and then she looked away as tears sprang into her eyes . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not them I 'm — ’ She broke off , stared at him intently for a moment , then said : ‘ What do you know about me , Mr … |
| 27 | Theda continued to look at him uncertainly for a moment . |
| 28 | She looked at him enigmatically for a moment , and then said , ‘ I have kept you from something . |
| 29 | Sylvie looked at him uncomprehendingly for a moment . |
| 30 | Rostov looked at him levelly for a moment , then he turned away . |