Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I applied for a job and three people turned |
| 2 | He then said that he now had confirmation from the police and that I qualified for a transfer and would receive an offer for Govan ( where my dad is ) within a week . |
| 3 | I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was . |
| 4 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 5 | ‘ I freelanced for a while and ended up doing a lot of work for the Bee Gees in Florida , for Andy Gibb in particular . |
| 6 | Rather than mount from the ground , which can take some young horses by surprise just when you do n't want to , I opted for a leg-up and repeated the walk , trot and half transitions . |
| 7 | At the top of the stairs I turned for a moment and found out . |
| 8 | I called for a re-vote and therefore I insist that we have a re-vote . |
| 9 | I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice . |
| 10 | I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government . |
| 11 | The last time I went for a smear and a blood pressure check and various things sh I , I said are you doing cholesterol checks ? |
| 12 | Nobody spoke for a while and it was Sarah who eventually broke the silence . |
| 13 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 14 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 15 | She stopped for a moment and eyed Sophie thoughtfully . |
| 16 | She stopped for a breath and took a step nearer her mother . |
| 17 | She left elementary school at fourteen to take a job filling seed packets for five shillings a week ; later she worked for a draper and subsequently for the Co-op , where she joined the union movement of which she was to be a lifelong member . |
| 18 | She thought for a minutes and said : " Yes , you do have a look of a Renoir lady , sometimes " That 's a nice way of saying Fat is Beautiful . |
| 19 | She thought for a moment and then added brightly : ‘ It sends the water blue ’ . |
| 20 | She thought for a moment and then said , ‘ Well , do they live at ‘ La Felicità ’ all the winter ? |
| 21 | She thought for a moment and turned to him with flushed cheeks . |
| 22 | She thought for a moment and then said , ‘ Well , actually I did see someone rather unexpected . |
| 23 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 24 | I 've got a list of phone numbers , it seems like fifty , of different people who have been invoked — the doctor , the home help , district nurse , chiropodist , social worker , hospital doctor , Age Concern , the Red Cross , the old people 's home where she went for a break and dozens more , I hardly know who they are . |
| 25 | She hesitated for a second and then gave Russell her home number . |
| 26 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 27 | She paused for a moment and then went on , ‘ Since thoo told me about t'baby , Aah 've been thinking . |
| 28 | She paused for a moment and then went on . |
| 29 | She waited for a minute and then added , apologetically , ‘ Gran was foul to her , you know that . ’ |
| 30 | She waited for a moment and then walked off to stand in a different part of the ship . |