Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How about that for a Freudian slip ? ’ he murmured . |
| 2 | I imagine you 'll want to think about that for a little while . ’ |
| 3 | Another opportunity for individual teaching occurs when the learner acts as assistant for a clinical procedure . |
| 4 | Had been dreaming about this for a long time , he wrote . |
| 5 | The department 's going to hear about this for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | I know you 've thought about this for a long time , ’ he hissed , gripping her shoulders tightly to prevent movement . |
| 7 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |
| 8 | They 've known they 've known about this for a fair while . |
| 9 | How about this for a cheeky goal … skipper Chris Myers caught Town asleep with a quickly taken free kick … |
| 10 | After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’ |
| 11 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 12 | I do think it is scandalous thing neglecting your educational system and you 're going to pay for this for a hundred years , because riches just come by learning , that 's all . |
| 13 | Someone tried to organise a concert party , and there was a great deal of enthusiasm for this for a short time . |
| 14 | I ordered Andrew one , Andrew has been after one for a long time . |
| 15 | Party chairman Chris Patten , the tragic hero of the hour , arrived shortly after 11.00 for a lengthy post-mortem . |
| 16 | Beck had a final round of 70 for a 12-under par total of 276 , but it was a tight finish , particularly when he bunkered his second shot behind the 18th green . |
| 17 | He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed . |
| 18 | The Whigs rejected Lord Lyndhurst 's bill of 1842 for a small debts court , and the Lords shelved Lord Cottenham 's bill which The Times called ‘ as masterly a measure as was ever submitted to Parliament ’ , in deference to a pet bill which Lord Brougham had drafted . |
| 19 | If you are caring for an elderly parent who is at some stage of grieving for a lost partner , whether she is experiencing the shattering despair that follows soon after bereavement , or the long sad loneliness and feeling of deprivation characteristic of its later stages , her deepest need will be for your practical and emotional support during her period of sorrow and adjustment . |
| 20 | Helen Dobson , the 18-year-old British matchplay and strokeplay champion from Skegness , and Elaine Farquharson , the 21-year-old from Aberdeen had a two-under-par final round of 69 for a six-under total of 278 . |
| 21 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 22 | We have n't sold any of those for a long time . |
| 23 | He asked if I had enough of those for a whole album , because he felt it would make quite an original debut , to do only music taken from other instruments , rather than something from the standard guitar repertoire . |
| 24 | He was Rector of Taxal for a short while in 1726–27 . |
| 25 | It is the first time the players have been able to field a large cast of nine for a serious production , with some 20 members involved in all . |
| 26 | A score of 5 was awarded for 100 per cent presence of the variable and a score of 1 for a minimal presence . |
| 27 | Two mice immunised with the synthetic peptide conjugate showed serum titres to whole gliadin of 1:6400 and 1:12800 compared with a titre of 1:800 for a non-immunised mouse . |
| 28 | In practice , iteration in this case behaves rather like that for a defective matrix ( 2.7.5 ) , in that convergence is slow and successive columns tend to a quasi-arithmetic progression of the elements . |
| 29 | you ai n't blushed like that for a long while have you ? , yeah , that will be a holiday , watch your camp bed do n't fold up love |
| 30 | They stayed like that for a long moment and then he said , ‘ Light the candle . ’ |