Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |
| 2 | I meditated for a few seconds , concentrating on my breathing , immediately aware of how shallow it was . |
| 3 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 4 | The to infinitive has much the same expressive effect in : ( 23 ) Certainly I looked for no such friendship as you have shown . |
| 5 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 6 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 7 | After the girls had gone I sat for a little time , thinking . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
| 9 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 10 | Did n't we have a black guy who played for a few season in the second division with Revie before the real glory years . |
| 11 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 12 | The other was her secret lover , smooth , Australian-born lawyer Phillip Levy , who worked for the same newspaper . |
| 13 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
| 14 | She struggled for a few moments until , overcome apparently by shock , she lost consciousness . |
| 15 | She lay for a few moments watching the patterns it made on the ceiling . |
| 16 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 17 | Torn in two by indecision , she reflected for a few moments , then said slowly , ‘ If it comes to choosing between Ian and a monkey , then Ian wins hands down . |
| 18 | She stood for a few moments catching her breath , then continued through to the kitchen . |
| 19 | Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere . |
| 20 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 21 | The county members and those who sat for the few boroughs in which the franchise was reasonably wide were normally the most independent of eighteenth-century MPs ; but they were in a minority . |
| 22 | He looked expectantly at Sarah , but she sat for a few seconds before speaking . |
| 23 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 24 | She laughed , and we talked for a few minutes longer . |
| 25 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 26 | On the telephone , I was greeted with a very friendly and hearty ‘ Well … well … well ! ’ and we chatted for a few minutes as if there had been no break in our contact . |
| 27 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 28 | I hope that future generations will never have to suffer the , and endure the noise that we did for the same purpose . |
| 29 | When we reached the jetty we paused for a few moments to look across at the islet . |
| 30 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |