Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun prp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience has shown that it is not enough to train PHCNs for a year and then send to isolated rural clinics . |
| 2 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |
| 3 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 4 | He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while . |
| 5 | I wanted a light for my fag — I 'd run out of matches — so I opened the door of the box and just asked Charlie for a light . |
| 6 | But Flynn is not pushing Harper for a decision and is happy to leave things in the air for a fortnight or so . |
| 7 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 8 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
| 9 | Maybe you have visited Amsterdam and want to venture further afield , or perhaps you prefer to stay outside the city and just visit Amsterdam for a day excursion . |
| 10 | But you 'll not have Martha for a wife , not while there 's breath left in my body you wo n't , and you 'll not split my fortune , neither , not if you want to live to see your grandchildren . " |
| 11 | He did not call Amanda for a week . |
| 12 | Second , when prayer is seen as a conversation with a very dear friend , we begin to understand prayer as far , far more than just asking God for a hand-out . |
| 13 | I 'm not fingering Tod for a fruit , not exactly . |
| 14 | So if you 're thinking of building an extension , refitting the kitchen , improving the bathroom or starting some other permanent home improvement project , why not ask NatWest for a Home Improvement Loan to spread the cost ? |
| 15 | Even though Stevens still needed Dean for a couple more shots , the young punk put his foot down and tore along Highway 66 at 85 miles an hour , heading for a sports car race at Salinas . |
| 16 | I did n't it has to be said win the pools last year as I always put Leeds for a win and Scum for a loss . |
| 17 | She spotted a sweater she once gave Edward for a birthday , and various throw-outs of her own . |
| 18 | Gambian officials also blamed Senegal for a week of electricity failures in the capital Banjul , power returning to normal on Dec. 3 after supplies of gas and oil were guaranteed from Senegal . |
| 19 | White , aged 49 , was cleared of all charges in 1984 and later left Britain for a villa in Marbella , where he still lives . |
| 20 | ( WES ) After seeing off Tranmere last night , they 'll now face Leicester for a place in the Premier League . |
| 21 | and , and , well and to you as well Viv but er I have n't seen Viv , I have n't seen Pete for a while . |
| 22 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 23 | She did n't believe James for a moment . |
| 24 | I did n't see Ted for a while after that . |
| 25 | The upshot of that , though , was that Travis felt worse than ever on learning that Derek Talbot had called to again ask Rosemary for a divorce , but that Rosemary had given Derek an outright ‘ no ’ . |
| 26 | I certainly never figured Tod/John for a life of crime . |