Example sentences of "[pron] for [art] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe said nothing for a while but continued with his study of the cheque stubs . |
| 2 | She felt that the atmosphere between them was suddenly much easier although he said nothing for a moment but kept on looking at her as if he were turning something over in his mind . |
| 3 | Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’ |
| 4 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 5 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |
| 6 | He shook our hands , holding them for a moment and laughing softly . |
| 7 | Undismayed , he haled an old man out of the audience , stuck him in the chair , and then spoke himself for an hour and answered all the questions . |
| 8 | In the late twentieth century , therefore , people may find the mystical experiment , which also urges the adept to look within himself for the truth and warns against the danger of simplistic ideas and projections about God , a more attractive form of religion than the more conventional and dogmatic types of faith . |
| 9 | Matters relating to your home life and financial security are highlighted and , while you can anticipate some minor gains , benefits or other incentives early this month , sparks may fly just prior to the 16th , when someone appears to be taking you for a fool or expecting you to foot the bill . |
| 10 | erm I 'd we we have a number of suggestions er a gentleman over there about the er body building was that reported back to you for a start and did you discuss this ? erm you know I I really thought it sort of modern management techniques if there applied here like team working net working it 's it this way you could actually begin to perform as the committee at the moment your the shadowy figures in the background . |
| 11 | Did they take you for a week and show you |
| 12 | I 'll take you for a meal and drop you at Ilse 's place afterwards . |
| 13 | Erm , Chair , delegates thank you for the welcome and thank you for the invitation to speak to you . |
| 14 | Once the information is captured in one format it is almost inevitable that it will be the wrong one for a typesetter or publishing company and a whole industry exists to convert both disk and software formats . |
| 15 | Sharpe now anticipated another battle ; one for a crossroads that linked two armies . |
| 16 | He decided to leave this one for the moment but logged the fact that Jennifer Morgan had still been interested in , and comfortable with , the man who had become her sister 's fiancé . |
| 17 | It does nothing whatsoever for the music and provides a distraction as unwelcome as it is contextually inappropriate . |
| 18 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 19 | Jack , by then very famous , called him for a chat and asked if he needed anything . |
| 20 | Roland took him for a caricature and bristled vestigially with class irritation . |
| 21 | Not the clankings and gratings of the Zoo which lay off in the distance to his right , now obscured by the trees over which he had flown in the night , but the call of a thousand birds whose busyness and life shook his fears off him for a time and replaced them with a sense of wonder . |
| 22 | She looked at him for a moment and burst out laughing . |
| 23 | Martin looked at him for a moment and smiled softly at him as he said , ‘ I would , laddie , but you 'd better not ; I think your mother needs you tonight . |
| 24 | She despised him for an affair that had begun and ended thirty years before . |
| 25 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 26 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 27 | Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life . |
| 28 | City of London magistrates fined him for the refusal but ruled he could keep his licence . |
| 29 | Artegall remains with her for a time and restores order : |
| 30 | She was desperate for more of him ; her body ached for fulfilment , for the feel of his need and strength inside — so that when he entered her , when she felt that first wondrous thrust , which brought both pleasure and pain , it was as she 'd always dreamed , and as his urgent rhythm continued , bringing them both to that glorious peak of exhilaration , Robyn cried out his name , held him close to her for a moment and wished things could be like this forever . |