Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until 1939 he continued to teach medieval history , giving tutorials that often lasted for a couple of hours . |
| 2 | With only fifteen yards to go Crisp tightened as he felt Red Rum 's presence but it was his dying effort and only lasted for a second . |
| 3 | She was so surprised she could n't think of anything to say and just stood for a moment staring at him . |
| 4 | On leaving school Herbert joined his father as an engineering apprentice , and also worked for a time in the mechanical engineering laboratories of the City and Guilds Technical College in Finchley , London . |
| 5 | He wandered up to the logging camp on his eighteenth birthday and enthusiastically asked for a job . |
| 6 | He wanted something done about it and even asked for a move . |
| 7 | He often dropped in at this time of day , and frequently stayed for a drink on the veranda and an inspection of Faye 's work in the air-conditioned studio at the back of the house that would be used more and more as the hot summer approached . |
| 8 | I had a drink with the lads and then slept for a week — thinking about 4-irons and 5-irons ! |
| 9 | I got about halfway , and then wished for a spurt of invention that did n't depend upon one strident clown shaking a furious finger at someone who was standing two feet behind him . ’ |
| 10 | Because these two people , who knew each other well , were meeting in a strange place , they felt like the strangers they were when they first met , and neither spoke for a moment . |