Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the motorway restaurant , I chose a bland meal I thought suitable for a little girl , and had a chicken salad myself . |
| 2 | After walking in the relative heat for two hours , we decided that it was time for a break , and this decision was reinforced when we spotted a river which looked perfect for a quick ‘ dip ’ . |
| 3 | A LORRY driver who felt sorry for an unwanted calf stole animal feed to keep it alive . |
| 4 | She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring . |
| 5 | She lay awake for a long time , looking at a pattern of moonlight on the stone floor of the bedroom and listening to the distant complaints of the chained dog she now knew to belong to Buck Kettering . |
| 6 | That night she lay awake for a long time , thinking first of her father , recalling many happy childhood memories and wishing fervently , as she had so many times before , that he had not left her so soon . |
| 7 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 8 | I think erm casualty was the worst in that you had very very long hours to do erm sometimes you were on call from five o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock the following morning , and you did that for a whole week so by the end of the time you really did feel inhuman , you were very very tired . |
| 9 | His final round of 73 left him on 279 , five strokes behind the winner , Australian Peter Fowler , who shot 67 for a two-stroke triumph . |
| 10 | She stayed awake for a long time wondering uneasily whether cruelty was a natural part of her character , or whether its expression was merely an aspect of growing up . |
| 11 | She stood still for a long moment that seemed to the others to grow into an age . |
| 12 | She sat still for a full five minutes , then stood up brusquely . |
| 13 | She sat immobile for a long time , staring into the embers of the dying fire , her thoughts so chaotic that she could hardly make any order out of them . |
| 14 | Everything seemed set for a happy and relaxed nine months . |
| 15 | We remained numb for a long time . |
| 16 | But misses at times when they seemed set for a good end let the Stranraer team in . |
| 17 | They wanted 79 for an unexpected triumph ; but then Wessels , after a true captain 's innings , failed to add to his overnight 74 when Lara held a superb stooping slip catch off Walsh . |
| 18 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 19 | Then he fell silent for a little while , as if in meditation . |
| 20 | Once , hearing an unaccountable noise in front of him , which ceased on the instant , he kept still for a long time ; and when at last he moved cautiously forward , found Silver crouching behind a tussock of cock's-foot for fear of the sound of his own approach . |
| 21 | ‘ He kept quiet for a long time working out how long soap could keep for , then he just said , ‘ Well , we 'll have to sell the things . ’ |
| 22 | He lay awake for a long time looking for possible connections between the incidents and listening to Rain breathing . |
| 23 | Soon the lawyer said goodnight and went home to bed , where he lay awake for a long time thinking about Enfield 's description of Hyde , and Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
| 24 | Always got like that when he sat still for a long time . |
| 25 | He sat silent for a long moment , recollecting how the past few years had dealt with Donata Blount and her family . |
| 26 | He sat silent for a long moment , considering her soberly from beneath knitted brows . |
| 27 | He considered this for a short time and concluded that he had to make a public stand for those things which he believed . |
| 28 | He remained silent for a long time , staring at Emily as though summing her up . |