Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have n't had my hand kissed for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | Her mind searched for a safer topic . |
| 3 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 4 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |
| 5 | Her eyes closed for a brief second as she drew all her inner strength together to steady her voice . |
| 6 | Alert , she stalked the jackrabbit , her stiletto poised for a deft jab . |
| 7 | Their gaze locked for a long moment as he pulled the towel from his neck and flung it over a rail , then , suddenly embarrassed , she looked away . |
| 8 | SunSoft has been publicly quiet on Interactive Unix since acquiring the division at the new year despite the fact that its sales accounted for a significant portion of the record number of licenses it sold . |
| 9 | The striking feature of the activities at which children worked for a high proportion of the time was involvement with other people ; conversely , most of the activities at which children worked for the lowest proportion of time writing , reading , drawing/painting — involved no other people and could have been carried out most effectively in isolation . |
| 10 | The Princess found herself pigeon holed for a long time as a result of those early associations , but they were nevertheless a useful apprenticeship . |
| 11 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 12 | Mr Fisher worked for several years at the Squilver Quarry as office manager , and in his retirement served for a lengthy period as Hon. |
| 13 | Unaccountably his features softened for a fleeting second . |
| 14 | his mate says it 's his birthday and his dad paid for a recording session somewhere . |
| 15 | His father was an engineer and his mother worked for a minor official in the Ministry of Post and Communications . |
| 16 | Among the throngs of passing students I was thinking fondly of Jordi when someone who was obviously an American passed by , and our eyes met for a split second . |
| 17 | Paying Your Way made for a comfortable life , with plenty of unsolicited adventure on the way . |